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PPAC 5, 0260 (P317042)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0260
ID	P317042
Museum no.	BM 015787
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	2(u) 4(disz) gurusz 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)	24 male laborers, 11 1/2 laborers
2	la2-ia3 4(disz) gurusz	deficit: 4 male laborers
3	sza3-gu4-me	oxen herdsman
4	ugula ku-li	foreman: Kulli;
5	7(disz) 2(asz) gurusz	7 2 male laborers,
6	1(disz) gurusz tu-ra	1 male worker, sick,
7	ur-mes szesz-gal	Ur-mes, the chief brother
8	1(disz) 2(asz) gurusz	1 2 male laborers,
9	1(disz) gurusz tu-<ra>	1 male worker, Tucra
10	ARAD2-{d}nansze szesz-<gal>	Warad-Nanše, chief brother
11	7(disz) 2(asz) gurusz	7 2 male laborers,
12	a-ad-da szesz-<gal>	father of the elder brother
13	1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz	9 male laborers,
14	la2-ia3 1(disz) ab-ba-gi-na engar	Deficit: 1 Abbagina, the plowman;
15	ARAD2 szesz-gal	servant of Šešgal.
16	($ blank space $) 4(u)!	(total:) 40
17	ugula lu2-ti-i3-zu	foreman: Lu-tizu;
18	4(disz) 1(asz) gurusz a-tu	4 1 male laborers, Atu
19	1(disz) zi giri3-ni-i3-sa6	1 flour (for) Girini-isa,
20	lugal!-sza3-la2! szesz-<gal>	Lugal-šala, the chief brother
21	4(disz) 2(asz) gurusz	4 2 male laborers,
22	la2-ia3 1(disz) e2-ur2-bi-du10	deficit: 1 E-urbidu
23	ur-{d}dumu-zi szesz-<gal>	Ur-Dumuzi, chief brother
obverse col 2
1	4(disz) gurusz 1(disz) tu-<ra>	4 male laborers, 1 tur
2	ur-{d}nin-bad3 szesz-gal	Ur-Ninbad, the chief brother
3	3(disz) 3(asz) gurusz	3 (mana wool for) 3 workmen
4	ur-kisal szesz-gal	Ur-kisal, the chief brother
5	2(u) 5(disz) la2-ia3 1(disz)	25 deficits, 1
6	<ugula> ur-ba-sa6-ga	foreman: Urbasaga
7	1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 7(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz) 1(disz) tu	14 laborers, 7 laborers (and) 1/2 laborer, 1 male laborer:
8	lu2 mar-sa-me	the merchants,
9	($ blank space $) 2(u) 2(disz)	(total:) 22
10	ugula gu-u2-gu	foreman: Gugu
11	2(u) 6(disz) gurusz 1(u) gurusz 1/2(disz)	26 male laborers, 10 1/2 laborers
12	4(disz) gurusz tu	4 male laborers,
13	lu2 gesztin-me	We are winemen.
14	($ blank space $) 4(u)	40 (gur)
15	ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6	foreman: Ur-Baba;
16	1(u) la2 1(disz@t) e2-ki-bi szesz-gal	9 Ekibi, Šešgal
17	1(u) gurusz lu2-{d}nansze <szesz-gal>	10 male laborers: Lu-Nanše, the elder brother
18	2(disz) gurusz 2/3(disz) 6(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)	2 male laborers, 2/3 (workman): 6 male laborer, 1/2 workman:
19	lu2-{d}szara2-mu-sze3 szesz-gal	Lu-Šaramu, the great brother,
20	1(disz) gurusz 5/6(disz) 5(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)? 1(disz) gurusz 1/3(disz)	1 male laborer, 5/6 (shekel), 5 male laborers, 1/2(?), 1 male labourer, 1/3 (workday),
21	nigin6{ki}-ki-du10 szesz-gal	Nigin-kidu, chief brother
22	1(disz) gurusz szu-{d}nansze szesz-gal	1 male laborer, Šu-Nanše the chief brother,
23	($ blank space $) 3(u) 6(disz)	(total:) 36
24	ugula {d}utu-kam	foreman: Utu-kam;
25	1(u) gurusz 1(disz) gurusz 2/3(disz) 1(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)	10 male laborers, 1 laborer, 2/3 (workday), 1 labourer, 1/2 workday,
26	du-u2-mu szesz-gal	son of Šešgal
obverse col 3
1'	lu2-[... szesz-gal]	Lu-..., the elder brother
2'	4(disz) asz gurusz	4 male laborers,
3'	lu2-nimgir szesz-gal	Lu-nimgir, the chief brother
4'	($ blank space $) 2(u) 4(disz)	(total:) 24
5'	he2-dab5-me	may they be seized.
6'	ugula lu2-{d}nin-szubur	foreman: Lu-Ninšubur
7'	3(disz) gurusz 1(disz) tu	3 male laborers, 1 female laborer
8'	lu2 sze dab5-me	Those who seized barley
9'	a-sza3 e2-gibil4-le gu-la	the field of the great new house,
10'	ki ku5-da-mu	from Kudamu
11'	6(disz) gurusz	6 male laborers
12'	1(disz) iri lugal-i3-sa6	1 city: Lugal-isa
13'	1(disz) gi al-la	1 reed of Alla,
14'	nam-mah-zu szesz-gal	Your greatness is great brother
15'	7(disz) 2(asz) gurusz 1(disz) tu	7 2 male laborers, 1 female laborer
16'	lu2-{d}nin-szubur szesz-gal	Lu-Ninšubur, the chief brother
17'	4(disz) 3(asz) gurusz 1(disz) tu	4 (mana wool for) 3 male laborers, 1 female laborer
18'	lu2-{d}nansze szesz-gal	Lu-Nanše, the elder brother
19'	($ blank space $) 3(u)	(total:) 30
20'	ugula lu2-{d}nin-sun2	foreman: Lu-Ninsun;
21'	3(u) 4(disz) <gurusz> la2-ia3 4(disz)	34 male laborers, deficit: 4
22'	sza3-gu4-me	oxen herdsman
23'	ugula ur-nigar{gar}	foreman: Ur-nigar
reverse col 1
1	3(u) 3(disz) gurusz 3(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)	33 male laborers, 3 1/2 laborers
2	ugula lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2	foreman: Lu-Enlila;
3	1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 3(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)	14 male laborers, 3 1/2 laborers
4	ugula ur-{d}nansze	foreman: Ur-Nanše
5	($ blank space $) 5(u) 3(disz)	(total:) 53
6	[erin2] gi-zi	labor-troops, reed-bed workers
7	2(u) 3(disz) gurusz	23 male laborers
8	1(u) gurusz 1/2(disz)	10 male laborers, 1/2 (workman)
9	($ blank space $) 3(u) 2(disz)!	(total:) 32
10	sipa udu gukkal-me	shepherds of fat-tailed sheep
11	ugula du11-ga-zi-da	foreman: Dugazida
12	a-sza3 i3-si2-na-[...] a-sza3 ba-gar3	field Isina-, field of Bagar
13	ki lugal-dalla	from Lugal-dalla
14	5(disz) 3(asz) gurusz 1(disz) tu	5 (workmen), 3 male laborers, 1 male laborer,
15	1(disz) gu4 ur-{d}su4-an-na	1 ox, Ur-Suanna,
16	ur-{d}ba-ba6 szesz-gal	Ur-Baba, the elder brother
17	6(disz) 2(asz) gurusz 1(disz) tu	6 2 male laborers, 1 female laborer
18	1(disz) gi? ku-li	1 ... reed
19	lu2-[...]{ki} szesz-gal	Lu-..., the great brother
20	7(disz) 3(asz) gurusz	7 (mana wool for) 3 male laborers
21	ur-tilla3 <szesz-gal>	Ur-tilla, the elder brother
22	($ blank space $) 3(u) [...]	(total:) 30
reverse col 2
1	a-sza3 e2-gibil4-le tur	field Egibille, small,
2	4(u) 1(disz) gurusz 2(u) gurusz 1/2(disz)	41 male laborers, 20 laborers 1/2 (workdays),
3	sipa unu3#-[me <1(gesz2) 1(disz)>]	shepherds of the cattle herders: 61
4	ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6	foreman: Ur-Baba;
5	a-sza3 pa4-du-[szid]	field Padušid
6	1(u) 2(disz) gurusz 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz)	12 male laborers, 12 1/2 laborers
7	1(u) 5(disz) gurusz 1/3(disz)	15 male laborers, 1/3 (workman)
8	3(disz) gurusz tu	3 male laborers,
9	a-sza3 x?	field
10	($ blank space $) 4(u) 2(disz)	(total:) 42
11	nu-{gesz}kiri6 gesz-gal-gal-me	the orchardists of the big trees
12	ugula ga-a	foreman: Ga’a
13	2(u) la2 2(disz) gurusz 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz 1/2(disz)	20 less 2 male laborers, 9 1/2 laborers
14	5(disz) gurusz tu la2-ia3 2(disz)!	5 male laborers, tu-service, deficit: 2
15	($ blank space $) 3(u) 2(disz) la2-ia3 2(disz)	(total:) 32 deficits, 2
16	sza3-gu4-me	oxen herdsman
17	ugula lugal-i3-sa6	foreman: Lugal-isa;
18	a-sza3 gi-gara2	field Giŋara
19	ki ab-ba-kal-la	from Abbakala
reverse col 3
1	u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam	15th day,
2	iti sze-il2-la	month: “Barley carried,’

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