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PPAC 5, 0320 (P318485)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0320
ID	P318485
Museum no.	BM 018960
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'	ki lu2-[...]	from Lu-
2'	dumu ka5-a-mu-ta	son of Ka’amu
3'	3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra du gur	3 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 of regular quality,
4'	ki lu2-gu-la-ta	from Lugula
5'	4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra du	4 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 regular nig2-ar3-flour
6'	ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga-ta	from Ur-Baba, son of Ur-saga
7'	szunigin 6(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur	total: 67 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 8 1/3 sila3
8'	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
9'	5(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur	58 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 flour,
10'	kiszib3 ma-an-szum2-na	under seal of Manšumna
11'	dumu lu2-giri17-zal	son of Lu-girizal,
12'	1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur	1 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 fine flour,
13'	1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) zi3 gur	12 gur 2 barig flour,
obverse col 2
1'	kiszib3 ur-zi-[...]	under seal of Urzi-
2'	dumu lu2-giri17-zal	son of Lu-girizal,
3'	ugu2-a ba-a-gar	he placed upon it.
reverse col 1
1	szunigin 1(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur	total: 10 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 fine flour
2	sze bala-bi 1(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur	its bala barley: 10 gur 1 barig 3 ban2
3	szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur	total: 81 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 flour
4	sze-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur	its barley: 91 gur 4 barig 3 ban2
5	ugu2-a ba-a-gar	he placed upon it.
6	zi-ga	booked out
7	1(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur	13 gur 2 ban2 fine flour,
8	1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur	90 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 flour,
9	4(u) 2(asz) ninda gur	42 gur bread,
10	5(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur	5 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 3 1/3 sila3 fine nig-ar3 flour,
reverse col 2
1	ma2-a si-ga	barge punted,
2	1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda gur	89 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 5 sila3 bread,
3	muhaldim-me	the cooks
4	1(u) nig2-ar3-ra du gur	10 nig-ar3 gur regular quality,
5	nig2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nansze	Nig-Baba, son of Ur-Nanše
6	sze-bi 4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur	its barley: 453 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 1 sila3
7	nig2 gal2-la	that which is available
8	4(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 zi3 gur	4 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 7 2/3 sila3 flour,
9	i3-dub	he dug.
10	kiszib3-bi nu-gid2	its sealed tablet is not returned.
11	nig2-ka9-ak zi3-da	accounts of flour
12	ab-ba-kal-la dumu sanga uru11{ki}	Abbakala, son of the temple administrator of Urub
13	iti amar-a-a-si-ta	from month “Amar-asīta,‭

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