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PPAC 5, 0290 (P317778)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0290 |
|---|---|
| ID | P317778 |
| Museum no. | BM 018043 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2 1(disz) gu2-ta | 4 gurdub garments, guz-za, 3rd grade, 1 gu2 each, |
| 2 | 4(u) 6(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2 1(disz) gu2-ta | 46 gurdub garments, guz-za, 4th grade, length 1 gu2 each, |
| 3 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-kam us2 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, 4th grade, length 33 1/2 minas, |
| 4 | 4(u) 3(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za du 1(asz) gu2-ta | 43 gurdub garments, guz-za textiles, regular quality, at 1 gu2 each, |
| 5 | 1(disz) gurdub siki du 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta | 1 gurdub-garment of regular wool, 1 talent 14 1/2 minas each, |
| 6 | 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurdub siki du 1(asz) gu2-ta | 40 less 1 gurdub-garments of regular wool, 1 talent each, |
| 7 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurdub siki ge6 1(asz) gu2-ta | 11 gurdub-garments, black wool, 1 talent each, |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurdub siki du 4(u) 8(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2 ge6 | 1 gurdub-garment of regular wool, 48 minas, 8 shekels black, |
| 9 | 1(disz) gurdub siki du siki | 1 gurdub-garment of regular wool, |
| 10 | 1(disz) gurdub siki du 5(u) 2/3(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment of regular wool, 50 2/3 minas |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurdub siki igi ze2-igi nu-sag | 1 gurdub-garment, wool for the eyes of Ze-igi, not torn out, |
| 12 | siki udu ba-ur4 | wool for sheep rations |
| 13 | 4(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za du udu szu-gid2 1(asz) gu2-ta | 4 gurdub garments, guz-za textiles, regular (quality), sheep, šugid-measure, 1 gu2 each, |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) gurdub [...] 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na# [...] | 1 gurdub container ... 15 minas |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) gurdub siki du [...] udu szu-gid2 1(asz) gu2-ta | 72 gurdub-garments of regular wool, ... sheep, šugid-measure, at 1 talent each, |
| 3 | 1(disz) gurdub siki ge6 udu szu#-[gid2] 4(u) 5(disz) ma-[na] | 1 gurdub, black wool, sheep šugid, 45 mina |
| 4 | 1(disz) gurdub siki ge6 udu szu-[gid2] 4(u) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment, black wool, sheep, šugid-measure: 40 mana |
| 5 | szunigin 3(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) gurdub hi-a | total: 198 gurdub hia, |
| 6 | siki-bi 3(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) gu2 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na | its wool: 166 talents 8 2/3 mana |
| 7 | siki udu e2-gal | wool for the palace sheep |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 szar3 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, šar quality, 22 1/2 mina |
| 9 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 szar3 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, šar quality, 13 mana |
| 10 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 us2 szar3 3(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-<na> | 1 gurdub-garment, weaver's textile, 35 1/3 mina; |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 us2 szar3 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment, weaver's textile, 32 mana, |
| 12 | 3(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 1(asz) gu2-ta | 3 gurdub garments, 3rd grade, 1 gu2 each, |
| 13 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 2(u) 1/3(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, 3rd grade, 20 1/3 mana, |
| 14 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 2(u) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment, 3rd quality, length 20 mina, |
| 15 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-kam us2 1(asz) gu2-ta | 17 gurdub-garments, 4th quality, length at 1 gu each, |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za du 4(u) 7(disz) ma-na 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ma-na ge6 | 1 gurdub garment, guz-za-textile, regular quality, 47 mana, 9 mana black, |
| 2 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 du 3(u) la2 3(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, regular quality, 30 less 3 mana, |
| 3 | szunigin 3(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurdub hi-a | total: 30 less 1 gurdub hia, |
| 4 | siki-bi 2(u) 4(asz) gu2 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 | its wool: 24 talents 16 minas 10 shekels; |
| 5 | [siki] udu nin | wool of the queen sheep |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 szar3 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, šar quality, 12 1/2 mina |
| 7 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 szar3 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment, woolen, 3 1/2 minas; woolen garment, length, 8 1/2 ma-na; |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 szar3 5/6(disz) ma-na 3(disz)-kam us2 1(disz) 5/6(disz) [ma-na] | 1 gurdub garment, šar3 5/6 ma-na, 3rd quality, 1 5/6 mina |
| 9 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 us2 szar3 1(u) [... ma-na] | 1 gurdub-garment, weaver's textile, 10 minas |
| 10 | 3(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 [... ma-na-ta] | 3 gurdub-garments, 3rd quality, length ... minas each |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 [... ma-na] | 1 gurdub-garment, 3rd quality, length ... mina |
| 12 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-kam us2 [... ma-na-ta] | 15 gurdub-garments, 4th garment, length ... minas each |
| 13 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-kam us2 [...] 1(u) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, 4th grade, length ... 10 minas, |
| 14 | 1(disz) gurdub siki ge6 [... ma-na] | 1 gurdub-garment, black wool, ... mina |
| 15 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-[kam us2] 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, 4th grade, length 18 1/2 minas |
| 16 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 igi [...] | 1 gurdub garment, ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | szunigin 2(u) 7(disz) gurdub hi-a | total: 27 gurdub hia, |
| 2 | siki-bi 2(u) 1(asz) gu2 4(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na | its wool: 21 talents 4 5/6 minas; |
| 3 | siki udu e2-a-ni-sa6 | wool for sheep for Ea-nisa |
| 4 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 szar3 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment, woolen, 3 1/3 mana; wool, length, 15 1/2 mana. |
| 5 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 4(u) ma-na | 1 gurdub-garment, 3rd garment, length 40 mana, |
| 6 | 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-kam us2 1(disz) gu2-ta | 9 gurdub garments, 4th grade, length 1 gu2 each, |
| 7 | 4(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za du 1(asz) gu2-<ta> | 4 gurdub garments, guz-za-garments, regular quality, at 1 (gur each), |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 guz-za du 3(u) 1(disz) ma-na siki 2(u) 4(disz) ma-<na> ge6 | 1 gurdub garment, guz-za-textile, regular quality, 31 mana, wool, 24 mana black, |
| 9 | szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) gurdub hi-a | total: 16 gurdub hia, |
| 10 | siki-bi 1(u) 4(asz) gu2 5(u) 3(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na | its wool: 14 talents 53 5/6 minas; |
| 11 | siki udu zabar-<dab5?> | wool for sheep seized by bronze |
| 12 | 1(disz) ka gurdub tab-ba 1/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.1(ASZ))|)-sza 3(disz) gin2 tug2 us2 szar3 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 | 1 gurdubak-bowl, tabba, 1/3 rod, 3 shekels, weaver's textile, 1 mina, 18 shekel |
| 13 | 1(disz) gurdub tug2 3(disz)-kam us2 3(u) ma-na siki 4(disz)-kam us2 1(u) ma-na | 1 gurdub garment, 3rd grade, 30 minas wool, 4th grade, 10 mina |
| 14 | 2(disz) gurdub tug2 4(disz)-kam us2 1(asz) gu2 | 2 gurdub-garments, 4th quality, length, 1 talent |
| 15 | szunigin 4(disz) gurdub hi-a | total: 4 gurdub-vessels, |
| 16 | siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 5(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 1(disz) gin2 | its wool: 2 talents 51 2/3 minas 1 shekel; |
| 17 | siki udu {d}szul-gi-si2-<im>-ti | wool for sheep for Šulgi-simti |
| 18 | ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) | (total:) 96 |
| left | ||
| 1 | szunigin 5(gesz2) 4(disz) gurdub hi-a | total: 204 gurdub hia, |
| 2 | siki udu-bi 4(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) gin2 | its wool and sheep: 199 talents 15 minas 11 shekels |
| 3 | ki ($ blank space $) | with |
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