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BM 021525 (P319451)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 021525 |
|---|---|
| ID | P319451 |
| Museum no. | BM 021525 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | 2(barig) kasz sig5 lugal | 2 barig fine beer for the king |
| 2 | 4(barig) 5(ban2) kasz du | 4 barig 5 ban2 regular beer, |
| 3 | sa2-du11 szu-a gi-na u4 7(disz)-kam | regular offering, regular offerings, the 7th day; |
| 4 | 2(ban2) kasz sig5 | 2 ban2 good beer, |
| 5 | 1(barig) kasz du | 1 barig regular beer, |
| 6 | geszbun2 diri | extra rations |
| 7 | {d}szul-gi ezem-ma tusz-a | Šulgi, sitting at the festival, |
| 8 | 1(ban2) kasz sig5 esz3-esz3 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz) {d}szul-gi | 1 ban2 good beer, eš-esh-festival, day-of-sakar, 15th day, for Šulgi |
| 9 | 3(ban2) kasz sig5 | 3 ban2 good beer, |
| 10 | 1(barig) 3(ban2) kasz du | 1 barig 3 ban2 regular beer, |
| 11 | {d}szul-gi ki {d}na-ru2-a-sze3 gen-na u4 3(disz)-kam | Šulgi went to the place of Narua, the 3rd day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(ban2) kasz sig5 | 1 ban2 good beer, |
| 2 | gu3-de2-a ensi2 | Gudea, ruler |
| 3 | 1(asz) dida sig5 | 1 good quality dida-beer |
| 4 | {d}szul-pa-e3 | Šulpa’e, |
| 5 | 2(barig) kasz du | 2 barig regular beer |
| 6 | dingir-a2-li2-ik mar-tu | Ilī-alīk, the Martu |
| 7 | 1(u) 5(asz) dida du | 15 dida, regular quality, |
| 8 | dam za-ri2-iq ensi2 |MUSZ3.ERIN|{ki} | wife of Zariq the governor of Mušerin |
| 9 | |MUSZ3.ERIN|{ki}-ta du-ni | from MUŠ.ERIN went, |
| 10 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
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