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PPAC 5, 0245 (P316487)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0245
ID	P316487
Museum no.	BM 015293
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'	mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul	year: “Anšan was destroyed.‭
2'	ki nam-mah-ta	from Nammaḫ
3'	4(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur	496 gur 4 ban2 5 sila3 barley,
4'	ki lu2-bi-mu-ta	from Lu-bimu
5'	1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	60 gur 2 barig fine nig-arra flour,
6'	sze bala-bi 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) gur	its bala barley: 45 gur 1 barig;
7'	ki lugal-sa6-ga-ta	from Lugal-saga
8'	szunigin 4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(u) gin2 sze gur	total: 465 gur 2 barig 10 shekels barley
9'	sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam	It is a debit.
10'	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
11'	4(asz) 1(barig) imgaga3 gur	4 gur 1 barig emmer,
12'	4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) kasz 4(ban2) gur	46 gur 2 barig beer, 4 ban2
13'	[...] 4(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur	... 49 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer
14'	[n] 2(ban2) kasz du gur	n gur 2 ban2 regular quality beer
obverse col 2
1'	iti [...]	month ,
2'	1(barig) kasz [...]	1 barig beer
3'	5(gesz2) 5(u) imgaga3# [gur]	450 gur of emmer
4'	4(ban2) szim [saga]	4 ban2 fine juniper
5'	2(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	2 gur fine nig-ar3-flour,
6'	x? szu-a-gi-na aga3-us2 kas4-ke4-ne	Šu-agina, the runners,
7'	9(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur	187 gur 3 barig 7 sila3 fine beer,
8'	2(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 kasz du gur	29 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 6 2/3 sila3 regular beer,
9'	8(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 szim gaz gur	8 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 6 5/6 sila3 gaz-flour,
10'	2(asz) 4(barig) szim saga gur	2 gur 4 barig fine oil,
11'	9(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	9 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 6 sila3 fine grain,
12'	1(asz) ba-ba munu4 gur	1 ba-ba gur of malt
13'	1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) munu4 gur	1 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 malt,
14'	1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz du gur	69 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 3 1/2 sila3 regular beer,
obverse col 3
1'	szim [...]	... aromatic
2'	kiszib3 en {d}[...]	under seal of Enlil
3'	sza3 nibru{ki}	in Nippur
4'	1(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) kasz saga gur	15 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 fine beer,
5'	1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) kasz du gur	16 gur 1 barig regular beer,
6'	9(disz) sila3 szim gaz	9 sila3 of gazelle resin,
7'	x? szu-a-gi-na	Šu-agina
8'	2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szim gur	2 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 2 sila3 aromatics,
9'	2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szim <saga?> gur	2 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 2 sila3 fine oil
10'	1(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	1 kor fine emmer,
11'	zi-ga nig2-[...]	booked out of the account
reverse col 1
1	3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 [...] gur	3 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 4 sila3
2	1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur	11 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer,
3	1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz du gur	11 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 6 sila3 regular beer,
4	1(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]	1 barig 4 ban2 2 sila3
5	3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szim gaz	3 ban2 5 sila3 of gazelle resin,
6	3(ban2) szim saga	3 ban2 fine aromatics,
7	3(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga	3 barig fine nig-arra-beer
8	a [...] ezem-{d}nin-a-zu	... the festival of Ninazu
9	[sza3] uri5[{ki}-ma]	in Ur
10	zi-ga	booked out
reverse col 2
1	szunigin 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(barig) gur	total: 3 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 beer, 1 barug
2	sze bala-bi 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur	its bala barley: 6 gur 3 barig 3 ban2
3	szunigin 4(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) kasz 4(ban2) gur	total: 42 gur 2 barig beer, 4 ban2
4	szunigin 4(asz) 2(barig) imgaga3 gur	total: 4 gur 2 barig emmer
5	sze bala-bi [...]	Its bala barley
6	szunigin 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 [szim] al-gaz gur	total: 15 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 6 sila3 crushed juniper
7	szim bala-bi [...] 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur	its bala-flour: 8 1/3 sila3
8	szunigin [...]	total:
reverse col 3
1	szunigin 4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 [...] gin2 sze gur	total: 420 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 8 sila3 ... shekels barley,
2	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
3	la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur	deficit: 62 gur 1 barig 2 sila3 barley,
4	nig2-ka9-ak ka-la2-a	accounts of the kalāyu
5	{d}utu-bar-ra dub-sar kasz	Utu-bara, scribe of beer
6	iti ezem-{d}li9-si4-ta	from month “Festival-of-Lisi,’
7	iti munu4-gu7-sze3	to month “Malt-feast,'
8	iti 3(disz)-kam	for 3 months

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