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PPAC 5, 1037 (P378752)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 1037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P378752 |
| Museum no. | BM 087524 |
| 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 | 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz | 1 big cow, 2 oxen, wood-fed, |
| 2 | 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz ur-e gu7-a su-su engar | 2 oxen fed to the dogs, Susu, the plowman; |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) gu4 u2-gu de2-a su-su engar nu-banda3-gu4 | 1 ox, Ugu, Ea, Susu, the plowman, supervisor of oxxen, |
| 4 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 5 | 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz si-du3 i3-dab5 | 1 ox, bolted, accepted; |
| 6 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 7 | la2-ia3 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz 1(asz@c) gu4 2(disz) | Deficit: 1 ox, logs, (and) 1 2 |
| 8 | nam-ha-ni engar | Namhani, the plowman; |
| 9 | 1(asz@c) ansze 5(asz@c) dur3 | 1 donkey, 5 donkey stallions |
| 10 | 1(asz@c) dur3 amar ga | 1 aš-c-(worker), suckling calf, |
| 11 | 1(disz) dur3 su-su nu-su-ma! ur-{d}nin-had | 1 dur3 su-su, not-susu, Ur-Nin-had, |
| 12 | 1(asz@c) dur3 2(disz) su-ga engar | 1 dur3-garment, 2 suga-garments: the plowman; |
| 13 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 14 | 1(asz@c) dur3 szu-gi4 | 1 šugi-vessel |
| 15 | si-du3 i3-dab5 | he took as a loan. |
| 16 | zi-ga | booked out |
| 17 | ur-nig2 engar | Ur-nig, the plowman |
| 18 | 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz | 1 big cow, 2 oxen, wood-fed, |
| 19 | 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz su-ga engar | 1 ox, trimmed, plowman; |
| 20 | 1(disz) gu4 1(disz) su-su nu-banda3-gu4 | 1 ox, 1 sūsu, the supervisor of oxxen, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 2 | la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 gesz | deficit: 2 oxen, wooded, |
| 3 | ur2-ra-ni engar | Urrani, the plowman; |
| 4 | 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su engar | 1 ox, ..., the plowman; |
| 5 | 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su nu-banda3-gu4 | 1 ox, sūsu wood, manager of oxxen, |
| 6 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 7 | la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 gesz 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4 | Deficit: 2 oxen, harrowing, 1 šugi-ox, |
| 8 | lugal-sa6-ga engar | Lugal-saga, the plowman; |
| 9 | 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz | 1 ox, wood-fed, |
| 10 | 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su nu-su nu-banda3-gu4 | 1 ox, tanned, not trimmed, manager of oxxen, |
| 11 | 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su engar | 1 ox, ..., the plowman; |
| 12 | 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-ga engar mu in-su szu-na ba-gi4-a su-su engar | 1 ox, suckling, farmer, year: “Insu, in his hand was returned,’, sūsu (was) farmer, |
| 13 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 14 | la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 gesz | deficit: 2 oxen, wooded, |
| 15 | ur-lugal engar | Ur-lugal, the ploughman; |
| 16 | ugula ur-ab-ba nu-banda3-gu4 | foreman: Ur-abba, oxen manager; |
| 17 | gu4 {d}nansze | ox for Nanše |
| 18 | ugula du-du | foreman: Dudu; |
| 19 | mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal | year following: “Amar-Suen (is) king. |
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