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PPAC 5, 1043 (P378776)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 1043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P378776 |
| Museum no. | BM 087554 |
| 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 | 5(u) gurusz 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) in [...] ba-ri2-ga | 50 male laborers, 20 less 1 in ..., disbursed |
| 2 | e2 {d}nin-gir2-su | the temple of Ningirsu |
| 3 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz 9(disz) in e2 ba-gara2 | 18 male laborers, 9 in the house of Bagara; |
| 4 | 2(u) gurusz 1(u) 1(disz) in e2 {d}ba-ba6 | 20 male laborers, 11 in the temple of Baba |
| 5 | 2(u) gurusz 1(u) 7(disz) in erin2 <sza3>-gu4 | 20 male laborers, 17 laborers in the <workers> of oxen, |
| 6 | 5(disz) gurusz 4(disz) in he2-dab5-ta | 5 male laborers, 4 (workmen) from Hedab, |
| 7 | 3(disz) gurusz 1(disz) in a2-na-na | 3 male laborers, 1 for Anana, |
| 8 | 3(disz) gurusz 1(disz) in ki-tusz-lu2 | 3 male laborers, 1 for the kitušlu-house, |
| 9 | ($ blank space $) 2(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz | (total:) 180 less 1 male laborers |
| 10 | ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2) 2(asz) gur 1(barig) | (total:) 62 gur 1 barig |
| 11 | gur ba-ri2-ga-ta | from the Bariga gur |
| 12 | GAN2 e2 {d}en-lil2-la2 | the field of the house of Enlil |
| 13 | 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) ba-ri2-ga ur-nig2 | 60 less 1 (workmen), bariga, Ur-nig |
| 14 | ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) | (total:) 60 less 1. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | GAN2 lu2-{d}ga2-tum3-du10 | field of Lu-Gatumdu, |
| 2 | 3(u) gur 1(barig) 5(ban2) dumu engar nu-banda3-gu4 | 30 gur 1 barig 5 ban2, son of the farmer, supervisor of oxen |
| 3 | 3(disz) in ur-{d}iszkur | 3 (mana wool for) Ur-Addu |
| 4 | 2(disz) in ba-sa6-ga | 2 (mana wool for) Basaga |
| 5 | 2(disz) in lu2-nimgir | 2 (mana wool for) Lu-nimgir, |
| 6 | ($ blank space $) 3(u) gur 1(barig) 5(ban2) | 30 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 |
| 7 | ($ blank space $) 7(disz) gur ba-ri2-ga | 7 gur, disbursed |
| 8 | GAN2 ur-li | field of Urli, |
| 9 | gurum2 sze gesz ra-a a-sza3 u3 a du10-ga | inspection of barley and threshed grain, field and good water, |
| 10 | ugula sanga ba-gara2 | foreman: the temple administrator of Bagara; |
| 11 | iti ezem-{d}li9-si4 u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | month: “Festival-of-Lisi,’, 24th day, |
| 12 | mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2 | year: “The great barge was fashioned. |
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