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PPAC 5, 0286 (P317656)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0286
ID	P317656
Museum no.	BM 017749
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	1(barig) ba-an-zi ad-kup4	60 litres (of barley) 1 unit (for) Banzi, the leatherworker
2	nu ur-{d}ig-alim	not Ur-Igalim
3	nu i3-ma-si	he did not remove.
4	nu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su	not Lu-Ningirsu
5	dumu-ni-me	his sons
6	2(ban2) geme2-me-me	2 ban2: Gemememe
7	dumu geme2-{d}szul-pa-e3 ba-usz2	son of Geme-Šulpa’e died
8	1/2(disz) 3(ban2) a-ga-am	1/2 (workman) 3 ban2: Agam;
9	3(ban2) geme2-{d}na-ru2-a zah3	3 ban2: Geme-Narua, wild goat;
10	1/2(disz) 3(ban2) ur-{d}ba-ba6	1/2 (workman) 3 ban2: Ur-Baba
11	2(ban2) lugal-e2-zi	2 ban2: Lugal-ezi;
12	dumu-ni-me	his sons
13	3(ban2) nin-si-gar	3 ban2: Nin-sigar;
14	2(ban2) geme2-{d}lamma	2 ban2: Geme-Lamma;
15	2(ban2) ur-tum-al	2 ban2: Urtumal;
16	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nam-tar-eb2-gu-ul	1 ban2 5 sila3: Namtar-ebgul,
17	1(ban2) a-tu	1 ban2 Atu,
18	dumu-ni-me	his sons
19	zah3 nu-siki-i3-zu	a pig that does not clean,
20	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-uszur2-bar-ra dumu-ni	1 ban2 5 sila3: Geme-ušur-bara, her child;
21	zah3 igi-mu-in-szi-gal2	I have seen the fugitive
22	3(ban2) e2-ta-mu-zu	3 ban2 E-ta-mu-zu
23	dumu nin9-bi	son of Ninbi
24	3(ban2) nin-zalag2-a-ni-sza zah3	3 ban2: Nin-zalāniša, zaḫu-priest;
obverse col 2
1	3(ban2) a-tu	3 ban2: Atu;
2	szu 2(ban2) masz-tur	Hand of 2 ban2: Masztur
3	3(ban2) geme2 usz-bar	3 ban2: female weavers;
4	1(ban2) nin-sa-du8 nu-siki-ta	10 litres (of barley) from Nin-sadu, the nusiki-official;
5	1(ban2) en-ga-ga	1 ban2: En-gaga
6	dumu geme2 usz-bar-<me>	son of female weavers
7	3(ban2) nin-mu-ku3-mu	3 ban2: Ninmukumu;
8	dumu masz-tur-me	son of Mašturme,
9	szu 2(ban2) geme2-{d}lamma	Hand of 2 ban2 Geme-Lamma
10	2(ban2) sza3-a-ba-mu-da-zu	20 litres (of barley for) Ša-aba-mudazu
11	1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> ur-{d}ba-ba6	1 ban2 5 sila3: Ur-Baba;
12	1(ban2) nin-lu2-ni-nu-siki	10 litres (of barley for) Ninluninusiki
13	dumu-ni-me	his sons
14	($ blank space $) ur-szu-ga-lam-ma	Ur-šugalama
15	3(ban2) du11-ga-{d}ba-ba6	3 ban2: Duga-Baba;
16	1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> nin-ku3-zu	1 ban2 5 sila3: Nin-kuzu
17	1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> lugal-uszur3	1 ban2 5 sila3: Lugal-ušur
18	dumu-ni-me	his sons
19	3(ban2) nin-mu-<sze3>-igi-mu	3 ban2, Ninmuše-igimu;
20	3(ban2) nin-nu-kar2-kar2	3 ban2: Ninnu-karkar;
21	2(ban2) geme2-munu4-ku3-ga	2 ban2 Geme-munukuga,
22	1(ban2) nin-mu-szu-ma	1 ban2: Ninmušuma;
23	nu 1(ban2) geme2-{d}ig-alim	not (receiving): 1 ban2 Geme-Igalim
24	dumu-ni-me	his sons
25	3(ban2) geme2-[dumu-ni-sze3]	3 ban2 for Geme-dumuni
reverse col 1
1	1/2(disz) 3(ban2) geme2-[{d}ba-ba6]	1/2 (workman) 3 ban2: Geme-Baba
2	1/2(disz) 3(ban2) geme2-bappir#?	1/2 (workman) 3 ban2: Geme-bapir(?)
3	1/2(disz) 3(ban2) e2-ta-mu-zu	1/2 (workman): 3 ban2 E-tamu-zu
4	1/2(disz) 3(ban2) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da	1/2 (workman): 3 ban2, Ur-Ningešzida
5	3(ban2) nin-{d}lamma-mu	3 ban2: Nin-Lammamu;
6	3(ban2) ki-ur2-ni-du10	3 ban2: Kiʾur-nidu;
7	2(ban2) geme2-{d}lamma	2 ban2: Geme-Lamma;
8	1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> sipa-iri-ne2-ki-ag2	1 ban2 5 sila3: Sipa-irine-kiag,
9	1(ban2) geme2-nin-banda3{da}	1 ban2 (for) Geme-ninbanda
10	dumu-ni-me	his sons
11	zah3 ur-{d}su4-an-na zi3-IL2	pig of Ur-Suanna, porter of flour.
12	usz2 nin-mu-ma-kal	Dead: Ninmu-makal
13	dumu [...]-gesz-e	son of ...-geše
14	usz2 nin-ki-ag2	Dead: Nin-kiag
15	usz2 nin-hi-li-su3 dumu-ni	Dead: Ninhilisu, her daughter.
16	usz2 nin-tur-ab-ba	Dead: Nin-turabba
17	usz2 geme2-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu-ni	dead: Geme-Šulpa’e, her daughter;
18	usz2 nin-mu-igi-sze3-gal2	Dead: Ninmu-igišegal
19	3(ban2) geme2 usz-bar	3 ban2: female weavers;
20	usz2 1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> nin-mu-ba-an-zi-ge	Dead: 1 ban2 5 sila3: Ninmu-banzige
22	1(ban2) geme2-{d}sza-u18-sza	10 litres (of barley for) Geme-Šaūšu
23	dumu-ni-me	his sons
reverse col 2
1	szunigin <1(disz)> gurusz ad-kup4 1(barig)	total: 1 male laborer, smith, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
2	szunigin 1(u) 5(disz)	total: 15
3	szunigin 6(disz) geme2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)	total: 6 female laborers, 1/2 (workman) 3 ban2
4	szunigin 7(disz) dumu 2(ban2)	total: 7 children, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3)
5	szunigin 6(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3	total: 6 children, 1 ban2 5 sila3
6	szunigin 5(disz) dumu 1(ban2)	total: 5 children, 1 ban2 (= 10 sila3)
7	szunigin 2(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)	total: 2 šugi female workers, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3)
8	sze-bi 3(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur	its barley: 3 gur 1 barig 5 ban2,
9	gurum2 ak	inspections performed
10	ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-nig2	foreman: Ur-Baba, son of Ur-nig;
11	iti munu4-gu7	month: “Malt-feast,’

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