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PPAC 5, 0306 (P317966)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0306
ID	P317966
Museum no.	BM 018294
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	2(ban2) kasz saga lugal	2 ban2 fine beer for the king
2	3(ban2) kasz du	3 ban2 regular beer,
3	1(barig) ninda u4	1 barig bread for the day
4	1(barig) ninda mar	1 barig mar-bread
5	u4 1(disz)-kam	1st day,
6	5(ban2) kasz du	5 ban2 regular beer,
7	u4 2(disz)-kam	2nd day,
8	2(barig) zi3 gu saga	2 barig fine flour
9	3(barig) zi3 gu us2	3 barig ... flour
10	4(barig) 5(ban2) dabin	4 barig 5 ban2 of dabin flour
11	3(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga	3 barig fine nig-arra-beer
12	2(ban2) ba-ba munu4 saga	20 litres (of barley for) Baba, fine malt
13	1(disz) sila3 i3 {gesz}gigir apin	1 sila3 oil for the chariot of the plow
14	ma2-a gar-ra	stationed on the barge,
15	giri3 {d}utu-ba-e3	via Utu-ba’e
16	sukkal-mah	chief minister
17	1(disz) kasz dida du	1 wort-beer, regular quality,
18	1(ban2) zi3 1(u) gin2 i3	1 ban2 flour, 10 shekels oil,
19	puzur4-{d}szul-gi	Puzur-Šulgi
20	1(disz) kasz dida du	1 wort-beer, regular quality,
21	1(ban2) zi3 1(u) gin2 i3	1 ban2 flour, 10 shekels oil,
22	dingir-da-an	Ilum-dan
obverse col 2
1	3(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3	3 ban2 beer, 2 ban2 5 sila3 flour,
2	1(disz) kasz dida saga	1 good quality dida beer
3	1/3(disz) sila3 i3	1/3 sila3 oil,
4	al-la-mu	Allamu
5	dumu ensi2 gu2-du8-<a>{ki}	son of the governor of Kutha
6	1(disz) kasz dida du	1 wort-beer, regular quality,
7	2(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3 gu	2 ban2 beer, 1 ban2 emmer flour,
8	1(u) gin2 i3	10 shekels oil,
9	lu2-du10-ga dumu a-hu-a	Lu-duga, son of Ahua
10	2(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3	2 ban2 beer, 1 ban2 flour
11	lu2-{d}en-ki dumu lugal-ad-da	Lu-Enki, son of Lugal-ada
12	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3	1 ban2 5 sila3 of beer, 1ban2 5 liters of flour,
13	1(u) gin2 i3	10 shekels oil,
14	lu2-{d}en-ki [...]	Lu-Enki
15	4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) [sila3 zi3]	4 sila3 beer, 4 qû flour
16	lukur-la-ga-[...]	Lukur-laga-
17	2(disz) sila3 zi3 i-[...]	2 sila3 ... flour
reverse col 1
1	sza3 en-nu-[ga2-me?]	in my watch
2	8(disz) sila3 zi3 sipa-[...]	8 sila3 flour for Sipa-
3	5(disz) sila3 kasz mar-[...]	5 sila3 of mar-beer
4	1(ban2) kasz 6(disz) sila3 [zi3]	1 ban2 beer, 6 sila3 flour
5	ur-{d}szul-gi-[ra]	Ur-Šulgi
6	u3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 [...]	and Nur-ilī
7	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 [...]	1 ban2 5 sila3 beer, 10 less 1 sila3,
8	1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) zi3	1 jar of sweetened beer, 1 ban2 of flour
9	1(u) gin2 i3	10 shekels oil,
10	i-tarx(DAR3)-ki-li2 lu2 {d}szul-gi-kalam-me-te9-bi	Itar-kīlī, the man of Šulgi-kalammêbi
11	3(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3	3 ban2 fine beer, 1 ban2 5 sila3 flour,
12	1(disz) sila3 i3	1 sila3 oil,
13	lu2-{d}nanna	Lu-Nanna
14	4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	4 ban2 5 sila3 beer, 3 ban2 flour, 1/2 sila₃ oil,
15	sagi-bi 5(disz)	its cupbearer: 5
16	3(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3	3 ban2 fine beer, 1 ban2 5 sila3 flour,
17	1(disz) sila3 i3	1 sila3 oil,
18	ur-ma-ma lu2 bu3	Ur-mama, the man who ...
19	3(disz) kasz dida du	3 wort-beer, regular quality,
20	3(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3	3 ban2 flour, 1/2 sila3 oil,
21	lu2 kas4-me	the runners
reverse col 2
1	giri3 ur-dun mar-tu	via Ur-Dun Amurru;
2	1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) zi3	1 jar of sweetened beer, 1 ban2 of flour
3	1(u) gin2 i3	10 shekels oil,
4	lu2-sukkal-an-ka dumu na-silim	Lu-sukkalanka, son of Nasilim,
5	5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) zi3 1/3(disz) sila3 i3	5 sila3 beer, 1 ban2 flour, 1/3 sila₃ oil
6	szu-e3-a szesz sukkal-mah	Šu’ea, brother of the chief minister,
7	1(ban2) zi3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re szusz3	1 ban2 of flour for Lugal-magure, cattle manager;
8	1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) zi3	1 jar of sweetened beer, 1 ban2 of flour
9	ne-ti-ti sukkal	Nētitu, the messenger,
10	4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze {ansze}kunga2 ha-la-{d}lamma	4 ban2 5 sila3 barley, k-grain, of Hala-Lamma;
11	szunigin 1(barig) 5(ban2) kasz saga lugal	total: 1 barig 5 ban2 fine beer of the king
12	szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 kasz du gur	total: 1 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 less 1 sila3 regular beer
13	szunigin 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 zi3 gur	total: 3 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 4 sila3 flour
14	szunigin 3(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga	total: 3 barig fine nig-arra flour
15	szunigin 2(ban2) ba-ba munu4	total: 2 ban2 barley rations for Baba, the malt-beer
16	szunigin 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3 [...]	total: 5 5/6 sila3 ... oil
17	zi-ga u4 [...]-kam sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}	booked out, the ... day, in Guabba
18	giri3 sukkal-mah	via Sukkalmah;
19	mu si-mu-ur4-um{ki} lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul	year: “Simurum (and) Lullubum for the 9th time were destroyed.

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