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Álvarez diss. 381-382 (P317908)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Álvarez diss. 381-382 |
|---|---|
| ID | P317908 |
| Museum no. | BM 018222 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | 4(barig) 4(disz) sila3 kasz-saga20 | 4 barig 4 sila3 fine beer |
| 2 | 3(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du | 3 barig 2 ban2 regular beer, |
| 3 | sza3# e2-gal-me | in our palace |
| 4 | 4(ban2) 8(disz)#? sila3 kasz-saga10# | 4 ban2 8 sila3 fine beer |
| 5 | 2(asz) 3(barig)#? 3(ban2)#? 2(disz) sila3 kasz du gur# | 2 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 2 sila3 regular beer |
| 6 | 2(asz)# 1(barig)#? 3(ban2)#? 8(disz)#? sila3 ninda#-szu [gur] | 2 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 8 sila3 of his bread |
| 7 | 1(asz)#? 2(barig) 4(disz) sila3 ninda# du [gur] | 1? gur 2 barig 4 sila3 regular bread |
| 8 | lu2# i3-gal2# iri{ki#}-[me] | the man who is in our city |
| 9 | [n?] 3(ban2) kasz du 2(asz) 2(barig) ninda-x-[x?] | n? 3 ban2 regular beer, 2 (gur) 2 barig bread |
| 10 | [x?] 1(disz) zi3-kal gur 5(ban2) ziz2 | ... 1 gur kalbi-flour, 5 ban2 emmer |
| 11 | [n?] 4(ban2) dabin 2(barig) 1(ban2) esza | n? 4 ban2 barley flour, 2 barig 1 ban2 eša flour |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n?] 3(ban2)# 5(disz)# sila3 {kasz}dida-saga10# | n? 3 ban2 5 sila3 sweetened beer |
| 2 | 1(ban2) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun | 1 ban2 4 5/6 sila3 butter oil, |
| 3 | 1(ban2) ga-ar3 3(barig) zu2-lum | 1 ban2 of kashk cheese, 3 barig of dates |
| 4 | 1(disz) dug ugu4-bala 1(disz) dug sza3-gub 1(disz) dug lam-[re] | 1 ugubala-vessel, 1 šagub vessel, 1 lamre vessel |
| 5 | 1(u) 5(disz) dug lugud2-da | 15 lugud-vessels |
| 6 | 3(u) dug za3-sze3-la2 1(disz) sila3#-[ta?] | 30 jugs of lapis lazuli, 1 sila3 each |
| 7 | 1(disz) dug sila3 sa2-du11 [x?] | 1 jug of sila3 regular offerings |
| 8 | 2(u) sa gi 1(disz) gun2 gesz ma#-[nu] | 20 bundles of reed, 1 talent of manu-wood |
| 9 | siszkur2 nin sza3 i3-si-in{ki} | the siškur prayer of the lady of Isin |
| 10 | u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam | 21st day, |
| 11 | iti szu-numun | month: “Sowing,’ |
| 12 | mu ma2 dara3 | Year: the dara boat |
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