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PPAC 5, 0266 (P317052)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0266
ID	P317052
Museum no.	BM 015801
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	[...] sze gur	... barley gur
2	[mu]-du mu ma2-gur8-mah	delivery of the big barge
3	3(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) e2 ma2-lah5	3 (gur) 1 barig 2 ban2, the house of the boatman;
4	1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 su-ga lu2-kisal	60 litres (of barley) 2 sila3 (for) Suga, the courtyard-enterer
5	1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) szim saga gur	1 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 fine juniper,
6	8(asz) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze dabin	8 (gur) 2 ban2 6 sila3 barley flour,
7	e2 kiszib3-ba-ta	from the sealed house
8	1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze a-ma-nu	1 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 barley for Amānu,
9	4(barig) 1(ban2) e2 lal3	4 barig 1 ban2 honey house,
10	2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szim saga lu2-si?-sa2	2 ban2 5 sila3 fine oil for Lu-sisa,
11	4(barig) sze lu2-dingir-ra	4 barig barley for Lu-dingira,
12	4(barig) sze lu2-{d}nin-szubur	4 barig barley (for) Lu-Ninšubur
13	($ blank space $) sze lugal-mudra5	barley of Lugal-mudra,
14	4(barig) 2(ban2) sze dam-gar3	4 barig 2 ban2 barley (for) the merchant
15	4(barig) 8(disz) sila3 sze lu2-iri-sag	4 barig 8 sila3 barley for Lu-irisag,
16	4(ban2) sze ku-li	4 ban2 of barley, roasted,
17	8(asz) gur sze a-sag-du3-du {gesz}kiri6 bu3-a-ga?	8 gur of barley (for) Asagdudu, the garden of Buaga
obverse col 2
1	1(asz) 1(ban2) sze 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) [...]	1 aš 1 ban2 barley, 1 (gur) 2 barig 3 ban2
2	ki ur-{d}du10-ur3-[ra]	from Ur-Turra
3	3(barig) e2 ur-{d}lamma dumu da-da	3 barig, house of Ur-Lamma, son of Dada
4	1(asz) 4(barig) gur ki ur-szu-ga-lam-ma	1 gur 4 barig from Ur-šugalama
5	1(asz) bur-sag-ta!	1 bursag-vessel
6	1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur 2(barig) munu4	1 gur 3 barig barley, 2 barig malt,
7	ma2-ta	from the boat
8	2(asz) 2(ban2) sze ur-nigar{gar} dumu ka	2 (gur) 2 ban2 barley (for) Ur-nigar, son of Ka
9	1(ban2) su!?-ku3 dam-gar3	1 ban2: Sukug, the merchant;
10	2(u) gur sze ur-nigar{gar}	20 gur barley (for) Ur-nigar
11	4(barig) 8(disz) sila3 sze du11-ga	4 barig 8 sila3 barley rations
12	1(u) gur i3-dub uru11{ki}-ta	10 gur, from the depot of Uru
13	8(asz) 3(barig) la2-ia3 su-ga sze du10-ga	8 (gur) 3 barig deficit of the suŋa measure of good barley,
14	6(asz) gur sze gu7 [...]	6 gur barley rations
15	7(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze du6-asz	7 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 barley (for) Duaš
16	3(barig) sze ur-{d}[...]	3 barig barley (for) Ur-
17	2(barig) nig2-[...]	2 barig ...
18	[...]
reverse col 1
1	giri3 du-[...]	via Du-
2	3(asz) 3(ban2) sze nig2 gal2-la	3 (gur) 3 ban2 barley, available,
3	lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu da-da	Lu-Baba, son of Dada
4	1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 su-ga	1 aš, 1 barig, 1 ban2, 2 sila3 of suga-flour,
5	ur-{d}nin-gir2-su sukkal kas4	Ur-Ningirsu, messenger
6	2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur	2 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 3 sila3 barley,
7	1/2(disz) gin2 la2 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3	1/2 shekel less 2 1/2 grains silver,
8	sze nig2 gal2-la giri3 ur-{d}nin-[...]	barley that is available via Ur-Nin-
9	1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze ki-sur-ra	1 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 barley of the boundary territory
10	8(asz) 2(barig) 3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	8 (gur) 2 barig 3 sila3 fine nig-arra flour,
11	e2 kikken2-ta	from the mill
12	1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 i3-bi2-za szim	1 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 4 sila3 of your oil, aromatics,
13	1(asz) 2(barig) sze nig2-ar3-ra-ta ku-li	1 (gur) 2 barig barley, from the nig-ar-ra-tax, kuli,
14	4(asz) 4(barig) kasz saga esz3-ta gur	4 gur 4 barig fine beer from the shrine
15	e2 {d}ba-ba6	the temple of Baba
16	[ki ...]-bu3-bu3-ta	from ...-bubu
17	[...] iti izi-la2-a	... month: “Fierce fire,’
18	[szunigin] 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) [n(barig)] 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3	total: 104 gur n barig 4 ban2 2 sila3
19	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
20	[1(asz) 1(barig)] 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	1 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
21	[sze-ba] ur-{d}nin-gir2-su	barley rations of Ur-Ningirsu
22	4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba dingir-ga2?	4 ban2 5 sila3 barley rations of my god
23	1(asz) 2(barig) gur	1 gur 2 barig
reverse col 2
1	iti 1(disz)-kam iti 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3	for 1 month and 13 months
2	sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) gur	its barley: 18 gur
3	sa2-du11 sze-ba	regular offering of barley,
4	1(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) ansze {gesz}gigir iti munu4-gu7	10 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 of donkeys, charioteer, month: “Malt-feast;’
5	4(barig) iti GAN2-masz	4 barig, month: "GANmaš,"
6	($ blank space $) iti ezem-{d}<li9>-si4!?	month: “Festival-of-Lisi,‭
7	1(barig) 4(ban2) iti mu-szu-du7	1 barig 4 ban2 month: "mušudu;"
8	3(barig) ur-{d}nin-gir2-su	3 barig Ur-Ningirsu
9	3(barig) en-en	3 barig Enen
10	2(barig) 3(ban2) {d}lugal-ku4-ra2	2 barig 3 ban2 for Lugal-kura,
11	nig2 ezem-ma	that of the festival
12	2(u) 1(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2	21 gur 1 ban2 5 sila3, month: “Oxen-driver-of-Bimmumu,
13	2(u) <gur> iti szu-numun	20 gur, month: "Sowing,"
14	1(u) 2(asz) iti ezem-[...]	12 months, ... festival
15	2(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) iti mu-szu-du7	24 gur 1 barig 3 ban2, month: "mušudu;"
16	e2 kas4	the road house
17	1(asz) 3(barig) kiszib3 lugal-dumu-gi7	1 (gur) 3 barig under seal of Lugal-dumu-gi

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