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PPAC 5, 0281 (P317141)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0281 |
|---|---|
| ID | P317141 |
| Museum no. | BM 015877 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | ||
| 1 | 3(u) 7(disz) u8 [...] | 37 ewes |
| 2 | 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) udu-nita2 5(disz) [...] | 19 rams, 5 ... |
| 3 | 1(disz) kir11 sag u8?-[...] | 1 female lamb, head ewe |
| 4 | 6(disz) sila4-nita2 sag udu-nita2 | 6 male lambs, head of rams, |
| 5 | 1(disz) masz2-sag | 1 buck, |
| 6 | libir-am3 | of the old |
| 7 | 2(disz) udu-nita2 dah-hu-am3 | 2 fattened sheep, |
| 8 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 9 | [n ...]-nita2 [...] | n ... male ... |
| 10 | 5(disz) [...] | 5 ... |
| 11 | 5(disz) udu-nita2 1(disz) sila4 [...] | 5 rams, 1 lamb |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 2' | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(disz) udu zi-ga-am3 | total: 61 rams, booked out; |
| 3' | szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) udu [ri-ri-ga]-am3 | total: 12 ririga sheep |
| 4' | szunigin 5(disz) u8 [la2-i3]-am3 | total: 5 ewes, deficit |
| 5' | szunigin 2(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki la2-ia3-am3! | total: 26 mana less wool, |
| 6' | nig2-ka9-ak udu gukkal | accounts of fat-tailed sheep |
| 7' | ur-{d}[...] | Ur- |
| 8' | iti [...] | month , |
| 9' | mu e2? [{d}szara2 ba-du3] | year: “The house of Šara was erected. |
Sources & licences
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