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Borrelli diss. 13 (P318029)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Borrelli diss. 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P318029 |
| Museum no. | BM 018393 |
| 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 | 3(disz) gu4 numun | 3 oxen, seed, |
| 2 | 1(u) 4(disz) erin2 gu4 | 14 worktroops of oxen, |
| 3 | ugula {d}utu-bar-ra | foreman: Utu-bara |
| 4 | GAN2-gu4 szesz-kal-la | oxen field of Šeškalla |
| 5 | 4(disz) gu4 numun | 4 oxen, seed, |
| 6 | 2(disz) gu4 numun ur3 | 2 oxen, seed of the trough, |
| 7 | 1(disz) gu4 numun hun-ga2 | 1 ox, seed hireling, |
| 8 | 1(u) 1(disz) lu2-mar-sa | 11 Lu-mar-sa, |
| 9 | ugula gu-za-na | foreman: Guzana |
| 10 | 1(u) 1(disz) lu2-mar-sa | 11 Lu-mar-sa, |
| 11 | ugula gu-u2-mu | foreman: Gu’umu |
| 12 | 1(u) ma2-lah5 | 10 boatmen |
| 13 | ugula ab-ba-mu | foreman: Abbamu |
| 14 | 1(u) 5(disz) lu2-mar-sa | 15: Lu-mar-sa; |
| 15 | ugula ka5-a-mu | foreman: Ka’amu |
| 16 | 2(u) 7(disz) lu2-mar-sa | 27 (mana wool for) Lu-Marsa |
| 17 | ugula esz-am3 | foreman: Eš-am; |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 7(disz) ASZ ma2-lah6 | 7 (mana wool for) the boatman |
| 2 | ugula ur-{d}szusz3-AN! | foreman: Ur-Šuša-ilum |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) | (total:) 61. |
| 4 | GAN2-gu4 ur-{d}ig-alim | oxen field of Ur-Igalim, |
| 5 | 4(disz) gu4 numun | 4 oxen, seed, |
| 6 | 2(disz) gu4 numun ur3 | 2 oxen, seed of the trough, |
| 7 | 1(u) la2 1(disz) erin2 gu4 | 9 worktroops, oxen, |
| 8 | ugula {d}utu-bar-ra | foreman: Utu-bara |
| 9 | 1(u) la2 1(disz) ASZ ma2-lah5 | 9 aš-barges, |
| 10 | ugula nin-a-na | foreman: Ninana |
| 11 | 1(u) ma2-lah6 | 10 boatmen, |
| 12 | ugula ur-{d}szusz3-AN! | foreman: Ur-Šuša-ilum |
| 13 | 3(disz) szesz-tab-ba | 3 Šeštaba |
| 14 | 2(disz) sza3-gu4 | 2 oxen, |
| 15 | 1(u) 5(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 | 15 hirelings, |
| 16 | {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka | of Ninmar |
| 17 | 8(disz) he2-dab5 | 8 hedab-measures, |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | ugula lu2-e2-gibil | foreman: Lu-egibil; |
| 2 | 1(u) 2(disz) dumu dab5-ba | 12 captured children, |
| 3 | ugula szu-i3-li2 | foreman: Šu-ili; |
| 4 | 7(disz) lu2# hun-ga2 | 7 hirelings |
| 5 | ur-{d}suen | Ur-Suen |
| 6 | GAN2-gu4 lugal-ku3-zu | oxen field of Lugal-kuzu |
| 7 | 4(disz) gu4 numun | 4 oxen, seed, |
| 8 | 1(disz) gu4 numun ur3 | 1 ox, seed of the roof |
| 9 | 1(u) 4(disz) ASZ ma2-lah6 | 14 aš-carriers |
| 10 | ugula lu2-{d}nin-tu | foreman: Lu-Nintu; |
| 11 | 1(u) 1(disz) erin2 gu4 | 11 worktroops, oxen, |
| 12 | ugula lu2#-e2-gibil | foreman: Lu-egibil |
| 13 | 1(u) 3(disz) ASZ lu2 hun-ga2 | 13 Aš, hirelings; |
| 14 | ugula {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka | foreman: Ninmar |
| 15 | 7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 | 7 hirelings, |
| 16 | szesz-kal-la szesz-tab!-ba | Šeškalla, the twin sister(?) |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gu4 numun | total: 15 oxen, seed |
| 2 | szunigin 4(disz) gu4 numun ur3 | total: 4 oxen, seed of the plow, |
| 3 | szunigin 1(disz) gu4 numun hun-ga2 | total: 1 ox, locust seed |
| 4 | szunigin 5(u) 5(disz) ma2-lah6 lu2-mar-sa | total: 55 boatmen, Lu-mar-sa; |
| 5 | szunigin 4(u) erin2 gu4 | total: 40 oxen-workers; |
| 6 | szunigin 5(u) 4(disz) ASZ lu2 hun-ga2 | total: 54, AŠ, hirelings; |
| 7 | szunigin 3(disz) szesz-tab-ba | total: 3 Šeštaba |
| 8 | szunigin 2(disz) sza3-gu4 | total: 2 oxen |
| 9 | szunigin 2(disz) dumu-dab5-ba | total: 2 captives; |
| 10 | u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam | 16th day, |
| 11 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 12 | a-sza3 inim-ma-AN tur | field Inima-AN, small |
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