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PPAC 5, 1188 (P379167)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 1188 |
|---|---|
| ID | P379167 |
| Museum no. | BM 088065 |
| 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(u) 6(disz) geme2 1(barig) sze lugal-ta | 16 female laborers, 1 barig barley each, |
| 2 | 2(disz) geme2 5(ban2)-ta | 2 female workers, 5 ban2 (= 50 sila3) each |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta | 104 female workers, 4 ban2 (= 40 sila3) each |
| 4 | 4(u) 2(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta | 42 female laborers, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 5 | 5(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta | 5 female laborers, half-labor, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 6 | 6(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta | 6 šugi female workers, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each |
| 7 | 2(u) 8(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta | 28 children, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 7(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta | 27 children, 1 ban2 5 sila3 (= 15 sila3) each |
| 2 | 2(u) la2 2(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta | 19 children, 1 ban2 (= 10 sila3) each |
| 3 | 1(barig) a-tu i3-du8 e2-<gal>-la-ke4 | 60 litres (of barley) Atu, doorkeeper of the palace |
| 4 | sze-bi 2(u) 5(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur lugal | its barley: 25 gur 5 ban2 5 sila3, royal (measure), |
| 5 | sze-ba geme2 usz-bar | barley rations of female weavers |
| 6 | ugula ur-{d}da-mu | foreman: Ur-Damu; |
| 7 | iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi | month: “Festival-of-Dumuzi,’ |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3 | year following: "The wall of the land was erected." |
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