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PPAC 5, 0244 (P316484)

Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0244
ID	P316484
Museum no.	BM 015289
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates	31.5591, 46.1776

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1'	[n] 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	n gur 5 ban2 5 sila3
2'	i3-dub	he dug.
3'	1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur	62 gur 2 barig 5 sila3
4'	diri i3-dub	excrement of the depot
5'	1(gesz2) gur sze szuku-ra ensi2	60 gur of barley, for Šukura, the governor;
6'	[...]
7'	szunigin 5(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur	total: 754 gur
8'	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
9'	2(asz) a2 hun-ga2 erin2 bala tusz-a sze bala-a	2 labor-troops, hirelings, troops stationed in bala, barley in balance,
10'	mu ur-ki-gu-la-sze3	for Ur-kigula;
11'	kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim	under seal of Ur-Igalim
obverse col 2
1'	szunigin 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) gur	total: 184 gur
2'	sza3-bi-ta 1(u) 4(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	therefrom: 14 gur 3 ban2 5 sila3
3'	kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu na-ba-sa6	under seal of Ur-Nanše, son of Nabasa;
4'	2(u) 2(barig) gur	20 gur 2 barig
5'	sze-ba ug3-IL2	barley rations of the porters;
6'	kiszib3 ab-ba-mu dumu lu2-nigin6{ki}	under seal of Abbamu, son of Lu-Nigin
7'	ugu2 lu2-bi-mu ga2-ga2-dam	on top of my man is to be brought
8'	2(barig) sza3-gal gu4 szu-gi4	2 barig, šagal, oxen, reed-cutting,
9'	kiszib3 aga3-[us2] sagi	under seal of Agus, cupbearer
obverse col 3
1'	szunigin [...] 2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) gur	total: 25 gur 3 barig
2'	i3-dub	he dug.
3'	4(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur	147 gur 3 barig 3 ban2
4'	sze szuku-ra ensi2	barley rations of the governor
5'	szunigin 1(asz) guru7 5(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur	total: 1 silo 513 gur 1 barig 3 ban2
7'	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
8'	2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur	21 gur 1 barig
9'	sze-ba ug3-IL2	barley rations of the porters;
10'	kiszib3 ab-ba-mu	under seal of Abbamu
11'	dumu lu2-nigin6{ki}	son of Lu-Nigin
12'	2(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) gur	28 gur 3 barig
obverse col 4
1'	[...] gur	... gur
2'	e2 {d}nin-dar-a	the temple of Nindara
3'	kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3	its sealed tablets: 2
4'	kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-dar-a	under seal of Lu-Nindara;
5'	8(asz) gur	8 gur
6'	sze-ba ug3-IL2	barley rations of the porters;
7'	e2 {d}dumu-zi	the temple of Dumuzi
8'	2(asz) <gur> sze-ba ug3-IL2	2 gur, barley rations of the porters;
9'	e2 {d}nin-dar-a	the temple of Nindara
10'	kiszib3 lu2-lagasz{ki} dumu ba-a	under seal of Lu-Lagaš, son of Ba'a;
11'	ugu2 ur-{d}nansze dumu na-ba-sa6 ga2-ga2-dam	incumbent on Ur-Nanše son of Nabasa to be brought
obverse col 5
1'	szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur	total: 781 gur 4 barig 1 ban2
2'	zi-ga	booked out
3'	1(asz) guru7 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) gur	1 silo, 317 gur 4 barig
4'	3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur	3 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 emmer,
5'	i3-dub	he dug.
6'	i3-dub gu2 i7 {d}na-ru2-a igi-du	the depot on the bank of the Narua canal seen;
7'	2(asz) guru7 5(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur	2 silos: 54 gur 1 barig 3 ban2
8'	i3-dub	he dug.
9'	3(gesz2) 1(u) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur	184 gur 4 barig 3 ban2
10'	diri i3-dub	excrement of the depot
11'	3(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) gur	34 gur 2 barig
12'	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
obverse col 6
1'	szunigin# []...]	total: ...
2'	6(asz) [... gur]	6 ... gur
3'	sza3-[bi-ta]	from there
4'	2(u) [...] gur	20 gur
5'	kiszib3 [...]-gu-la	under seal of ...-gula
6'	1(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur	14 gur 2 barig 5 ban2
7'	sze-ba ug3-IL2	barley rations of the porters;
8'	kiszib3 ab-ba-mu dumu lu2-nigin6{ki}	under seal of Abbamu, son of Lu-Nigin
9'	1(u) 1(barig) gur	10 gur 1 barig
10'	kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu a-tu	under seal of Ur-Baba, son of Atu
11'	erin2 e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10	laborers of the temple of Gatumdu,
12'	ugu2 lu2-bi-mu ga2-ga2-dam	on top of my man is to be brought
13'	9(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur	9 gur 2 barig 5 ban2
14'	sze-ba ug3-IL2	barley rations of the porters;
reverse col 1
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	{d}nin-dar-a	For Nindara,
4	kiszib3 lu2-lagasz{ki}	under seal of Lu-Lagaš
5	ugu2 ur-{d}nansze dumu na-ba-sa6 ga2-ga2-dam	incumbent on Ur-Nanše son of Nabasa to be brought
6	2(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur	2 barig 3 ban2 3 1/3 sila3
7	sza3-gal2 he2-dab5	may there be abundance.
8	kiszib3 {gesz}gesztu-mu	under seal of Geštumu
9	ugu2 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga ga2-ga2-dam	incumbent on Ur-Nanše son of Lu-duga is to be brought.
10	szunigin 5(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur	total: 56 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 3 1/3 sila3
11	zi-ga	booked out
12	1(asz) guru7 4(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) [...] gur	1 silo, 460 ... gur
reverse col 2
1	1(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 7(asz) 1(barig) gur	1 silo: 767 gur 1 barig
2	i3-dub	he dug.
3	2(asz) gur	2 gur
4	diri i3-dub	excrement of the depot
5	2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	24 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
6	sze nig2 gal2-la	barley that is available
7	ki ur-{d}lamma dumu nam-mah-ta	from Ur-Lamma, son of Nammah;
8	giri3 sa12-ti-um	via Satium
9	szunigin 1(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	total: 1 silo 133 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
10	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
11	1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(barig) gur	70 gur 1 barig
12	sze-ba geme2 usz-bar	barley rations of female weavers
13	4(u) gur diri!(SI)-ta	40 extra gur each
14	4(gesz2) 2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur	142 gur 2 barig 1 ban2
15	[...] ka-x-ta	... from
reverse col 3
1	szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur	total: 1616 gur 2 barig 1 ban2
2	zi-ga	booked out
3	5(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur	417 gur 2 barig 5 sila3
4	i3-dub	he dug.
5	i3-dub e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10	the depot of the house of Gatumdu,
6	1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(barig) gur	60 gur 4 barig
7	i3-dub	he dug.
8	($ blank space $) gur	gur
9	[diri] i3-dub	surplus of the depot
10	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
reverse col 4
1	3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur	216 gur 3 barig 3 ban2
2	i3-dub	he dug.
3	($ blank space $) gur	gur
4	diri i3-dub	excrement of the depot
5	giri3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6	via Ur-Ningirsu, son of Ur-Baba;
6	1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur	16 gur 4 barig 5 ban2
7	sag sze zi-ga	head of the barley rations
8	giri3 ur-sa6-ga	via Ur-saga
9	dumu ur-ga2-nun	son of Ur-ganun
10	giri3 er3-ra-nu-id	via Erra-nuid;
11	giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim	via Ur-Igalim;
12	[giri3] ur-e2-ninnu	via Ur-Eninnu
13	[u3 ur]-esz3-ku3-ga	and Ur-eshkuga
14	[...] gur	... gur
15	[...]-ka	of ...
reverse col 5
1	kiszib3 lu2-bala-sa6-ga dumu di-mi	under seal of Lu-bala-saga, son of Dimi;
2	4(u) 4(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	44 gur 2 ban2 5 sila3
3	kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3	its sealed tablets: 2
4	kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu nam-mah	under seal of Ur-Lamma, son of Nammaḫ
5	5(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	51 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3
6	kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-nig2	under seal of Ur-Lamma, son of Urnig
7	5(u) 1(asz) gur	51 gur
8	kiszib3 ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ad-da-mu	under seal of Ur-Šuša-Baba, son of Addamu;
9	3(u) 1(asz) gur	31 gur
10	[kiszib3] lu2-iri-sag szesz-a-na	under seal of Lu-irisag, his brother
reverse col 6
1	kiszib3-bi 4(disz)-am3	its sealed tablets: 4
2	kiszib3 ugula usz-bar-ke4-ne	under seal of the foreman of weavers;
3	4(asz) gur	4 gur
4	kiszib3 da-da dumu ur-gu-la	under seal of Dada, son of Urgula
5	1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(asz) 4(barig) [...] gur	91 gur 4 barig
6	gur si-ta	from the right gur
7	a-ra2 1(disz)-kam	for the first time
8	1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	81 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3
9	kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3	its sealed tablets: 2
10	a-ra2 2(disz)-kam	2nd time
11	kiszib3 ur-{d}[...] dumu lu2-[...]	under seal of Ur-..., son of Lu-
12	ugu2 [... ga2-ga2-dam]	is to be placed on the account of

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