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PPAC 5, 0326 (P318545)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0326
ID	P318545
Museum no.	BM 019034
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	[8(gesz2)] 8(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur lugal	868 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 8 1/2 sila3 royal (measure)
2	dub nig2-ka9-ak	tablet of accounts
3	mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2	year: “The throne of Enlil was fashioned;’
4	5(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 <gur>	58 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 6 5/6 sila3
5	ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta	from Ur-Enlila
6	4(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 4(barig)	198 (gur) 4 barig
7	ki ur-{gesz}gigir dumu ba-gi-ni-mu-ta	from Ur-gigir, son of Baginimu
8	3(u) 7(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	37 gur 2 ban2 5 sila3
9	la2-ia3 su-ga	deficit repaid
10	ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga-ta	from Ur-Baba, son of Ur-saga
11	2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur	185 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 3 1/3 sila3
12	ki lu2-gi-na-ta	from Lu-gina
obverse col 2
1	szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur	total: 166 gur 4 barig 2 ban2 3 1/2 sila3
2	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
3	4(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	383 gur 3 ban2 5 sila3
4	kiszib3 ur-nigar{gar} dumu lu2-{d}nin-szubur	under seal of Ur-nigar, son of Lu-Ninšubur
5	3(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 4(ban2) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur	198 gur 4 ban2 4 5/6 sila3
6	kiszib3 lu2-gu-la dumu ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra	under seal of Lu-gula, son of Ur-Igizibara
7	3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur	185 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 2 sila3
8	kiszib3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu na-ba-sa6	under seal of Lu-Narua, son of Nabasa
9	4(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur	166 gur 3 barig 7 2/3 sila3
reverse col 1
1	[kiszib3 ur]-{d}isztaran	under seal of Ur-Ištaran
2	[dumu na]-ba-sa6	son of Nabasa
3	[...] 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur	... 2 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 5/6 sila3
4	kiszib3 lugal-{gesz}gigir-re dumu lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3	under seal of Lugal-gigire, son of Lu-Gešbare;
5	1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur	84 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 1 sila3
6	giri3 ugula-ne	via the foremen;
7	kiszib3 ur-{d}nisaba	under seal of Ur-Nisaba;
8	a2 geme2	labor of female laborers
9	4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) ma2 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma	4 (gur) 4 barig 2 ban2 barge of Ur-šugalama
10	en unu{ki}-ke4 szu du11-du11-ga	the lord of Uruk, whose commands
11	kiszib3 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 dumu ur-{gesz}gigir	under seal of Lu-Igimaše, son of Ur-gigir
12	[... munu4] si-e3 gur	... roasted malt
13	[kiszib3 ur]-{d}lamma lunga dumu ur-mes	under seal of Ur-Lamma, brewer, son of Urmes
14	[... munu4 si]-e3 gur	... roasted malt
15	[kiszib3 lu2]-{d}ba-ba6 dumu [{d}]nansze!-kam	under seal of Lu-Baba, son of Nanše
16	[...] munu4 si-e3 gur	... munû-flour, rolled up
17	[kiszib3 ...]	under seal of ...
18	6(asz) 3(barig) munu4 si-e3 gur	6 gur 3 barig malt, si-e3
reverse col 2
1'	ugu2-a [ba-a-gar]	he placed upon it.
2'	2(asz) nig2-[ar3-ra gur]	2 gur nig2-ar3-ra
3'	a-sza3 e-du6-[...]-du ba-gu7	The field Edudu ... was eaten
4'	dub bala lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu inim-{d}szara2	bala tablet of Lu-Ninšubur son of Inim-Šara.
5'	szunigin 1(gesz2) 7(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur	total: 67 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 1 1/3 sila3
6'	[szunigin ...] gur	total: ... gur

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