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PPAC 5, 0324 (P318543)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0324
ID	P318543
Museum no.	BM 019029
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	[d] 3(asz) la-ba-an-szum2-e ugula-gesz2	To the god 3 he did not give, foreman
2	dumu nin-igi-sze3-du	son of Nin-igišedu,
3	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}	1/2 aš-c-(worker) 4 ban2: Ur-Ninmar
4	dumu mu-ni-bar-ra-e3	son of Munibara-e,
5	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-{d}lamma	1/2 aš-c-(worker), 4 ban2: Ur-Lamma;
6	dumu szi-ni-ta2-a	son of Šinitaya,
7	1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-en3-tar a dab5-ba	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig Ur-entar, water seized;
8	1(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-a-ni-sa6	1 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2, Ninanisa
9	dumu nin-igi-sze3-du	son of Nin-igišedu,
10	asz 2(ban2) geme2-ki-siki-ka	2 ban2: Geme-kisiki,
11	1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-lu2-ni-nu-se-ge4	1 gur 1 ban2 5 sila3 for Ninluninege
12	dumu-ni-me	his sons
13	[ugula] la-ba-an-szum2-e	foreman: he did not give
14	1(asz@c) 3(asz) gur pu3-du-u2-usz-ne ugula-gesz2	1 gur 3 gur Pudu-ušne foreman
15	1(asz@c) 1(barig) nig2-gur11-re-ki-ag2	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig, Niggur-re-kiag
16	1/2(asz@c) 3(ban2) ur2-ra-ni-sze3	for 1/2 aš-c-(worker) 3 ban2 for Urrani,
17	dumu nin-ra-mu-gi4	son of Nin-ramugi
18	1/2(asz@c) 3(ban2) kur geme2-{d}dumu-zi	1/2 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2: mountain Geme-Dumuzi;
19	dumu geme2-mes	sons of female laborers
20	[...] ur-gu3-de2-a	... Ur-Gudea
21	[dumu] i-di3-a	son of Idiya
22	[ugula ...]-bala	foreman ...-bala
obverse col 2
1	1/2(asz@c) [...]	1/2 (workman):
2	la-ba-an-szum2-e u3 pu3-du-<u2>-usz-ne i3-dab5	he did not give, and Pudu<ušne accepted.
3	($ blank space $) ugula	foreman:
4	1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig Lu-Narua
5	dumu ur-mes	son of Ur-mes,
6	1(asz@c) 5(ban2) du11-ge-du7	1 aš-c-(worker), 5 ban2: Dugedu
7	1(asz@c) 1(barig) nu ur-{d}lamma	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig not Ur-Lamma
8	ug3-IL2 e2-gal	the porters of the palace
9	1(asz@c) 3(ban2) 3(disz) nin-ama-mu	1 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2 3 (workers), Nin-amamu
10	sila-a <dab5>-ba-ta	after being seized in the street,
11	nam-ugula ne-du-i3-sa6	foreman: Nedu-isa
12	1(asz@c) ki-tusz-lu2 ugula	1: Kitušlu, foreman
13	asz ($ blank space $) ur-dingir-ra	for Ur-dingira;
14	dumu {d}szul-pa-e3-ba-an-zi-ge	son of Šulpa’e-banzige
15	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) nam-iri-na	1/2 aš-c-(worker) 4 ban2: Namirina
16	dumu lu2-{d}na-ru2-a	son of Lu-Narua,
17	1/2(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-mu-ma-an-ag2	1/2 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2: Ninmu-manag,
18	ki inim-{d}inanna-ta	from Inim-Inanna
19	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) lugal-ku3-zu	1/2 aš-c-(worker), 4 ban2: Lugal-kuzu
20	dumu munus-sa6 usz-bar	son of Munus-sa, weaver
obverse col 3
1	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) lugal-pa-e3	1/2 (workman): Lugal-pa'e
2	dumu ur-sa6-ga	son of Ur-saga,
3	ugula ki-tusz-lu2	foreman: Kitušlu
4	($ blank space $) ugula	foreman:
5	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-{gesz}dar-du3	1/2 aš-c-(worker) 4 ban2: Ur-dardu
6	dumu geme2-{d}utu	son of Geme-Utu,
7	1(asz@c) 3(ban2) 3(disz) a-li-ah	1 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2 3: Ali-ah
8	1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) geme2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni	1 1 ban2 5 (for) Geme-Baba, her son
9	1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-[...]	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig Ur-
10	dumu szu-tur-al? [...]	son of Šutural(?)
11	1(asz@c) 5(ban2) ur-dun sila-a <dab5>-ba-ta	1 aš-c-(worker), 5 ban2, Ur-Dun, from the street <seized>;
12	1(asz@c) 5(ban2) ur-lugal	1 aš-c-(worker), 5 ban2: Ur-lugal
13	giri3-se3-ga e2 [...-ta]	via ...
14	nam-ugula usz-gi-<na>	foreman: Ušgina
15	ur-sag-ub3{ki} i3-[dab5]	Ur-sag-ub accepted
16	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-{d}nun-[gal] munu4-mu2	1/2 (workman): Ur-Nungal, cook
17	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) gu-za-ni lunga	1/2 (workman): Guzani, brewer
18	ki lu2-{d}ba-ba6-ta	from Lu-Baba
obverse col 4
1	ki-tusz-lu2 u3 usz-gi-na i3-dab5	he accepted residence and regular offerings.
2	x x x
3	1(asz) gu2 5(disz) ma-na	1 talent 5 mana
4	giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu [...]	via Ur-Baba, son of
reverse col 1
1	ugula {d}[...]	foreman:
2	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) lu2-[...]	1/2 (workman): Lu-
3	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-[...]	1/2 (workman): Ur-
4	ur-{d}nin-[...]	Ur-Nin-
5	u3 {d}nin-[... i3-dab5]	and Nin- accepted
6	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-{d}[ig-alim]	1/2 (workman): Ur-Igalim
7	1(asz@c) 1(barig) lugal-[...]	1 Aš-c-(worker), 1 barig Lugal-
8	dumu ur-bara2-si-ge	son of Ur-barasige,
9	1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-[...]	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig Lu-Nin-
10	dumu ur-im-[nun]	son of Ur-imnun
11	1(asz@c) 2/3(disz) 5(ban2) nimgir-{d}[...]	1 2/3 (mina) 5 ban2: Nimgir-
12	dumu ur-{d}sza-u18-sza	son of Ur-Ša-uša,
13	ugula ur-{d}ig-alim	foreman: Ur-Igalim;
14	1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-{d}hendur-sag	1/2 (workman): Ur-Ḫendursag
15	1(asz@c) 1(barig) en-sa6-ga-na	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig: Ensaga
16	1(asz@c) 3(ban2) geme2 usz-gid2-da	1 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2, female weavers,
17	dumu geme2-dumu-gi7	son of Geme-dumugi
18	1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}nansze	1 Aš-c-(worker), 1 barig Ur-Nanše
19	dumu geme2-{gesz}gigir	son of Geme-gigir,
20	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) e2-iti-da	1/2 aš-c-(worker), 4 ban2 E-itida
21	dumu tul2-ta usz-bar	son of Tulta, weaver
22	ugula ur-{d}hendur-sag	foreman: Ur-Ḫendursag;
23	($ blank space $) ugula	foreman:
24	1(asz@c) 3(ban2) geme2-dumu-gi7	1 aš-c-(worker), 3 ban2: Geme-dumugi
25	1(asz@c) 1(barig) dingir-ra-ka	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig: Dingiraka
26	lu2 gu2-tul2	the man who the throne
reverse col 2
1	1(asz@c) 5(ban2) lu2-me-lam2	1 aš-c-(worker), 5 ban2: Lu-melam;
2	dumu ur-gu-la	son of Ur-gula
3	1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra	1/2 aš-c-(worker), 4 ban2: Ur-badtibira
4	dumu ur-{d}lamma	son of Ur-Lamma,
5	nam-ugula ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra	foreman: Ur-badtibira;
6	ur-{d}lamma gu2-ab-ba{ki} i3-dab5	Ur-Lamma of Guabba accepted;
7	giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu na-silim	via Ur-Baba, son of Nasilim
reverse col 4
1	gurum2 ak siki-ba e2 szim	inspections of wool, house of aromatics,
2	sza3 nibru{ki}	in Nippur
3	iti munu4-gu7	month: “Malt-feast,’
4	mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi	year after: “Kimaš was destroyed,’— the year after that,

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