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PPAC 5, 1639 (P380390)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 1639
ID	P380390
Museum no.	BM 096104
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	1(u) 2(disz) na#-[...]	12 ...
2	1(u) 3(disz) a-na-lu2-ba-du	13 Ana-lu-badu,
3	1(u) 3(disz) lu2-ur-sag-pa-e3	13 (mana wool for) Lu-ursag-pa'e
4	sza3 ur-sag-pa-e3	in Ur-sag-pa’e
5	3(u) 1(disz) e2-duru5 szu-esz18-dar	31 e-duru-houses of Shu-Ištar,
6	nig2-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5	Nig-Baba accepted;
7	2(u) 4(disz) sipa-da-ri2	24 (mana wool for) the shepherds
8	ba-ra-e11-de3	will be brought out.
9	2(u) la2 1(disz@t) iri-na-a-na-ab-gu-ul	19 (mana wool for) Irina-ana-abbgul
10	2(u) la2 1(disz@t) lu2-bala-sa6-ga	19, Lu-balasaga;
11	2(u) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka	20 of Ninmar
12	[...] lugal-im-[ru-a?]	... Lugal-imrua
13	[...]
14	[...]-e3-a	... came forth
obverse col 2
1	5(u) 5(disz) erin2 sza3-gu4	55 labor-troops, oxen drivers;
2	ugula sanga {d}ig-alim	foreman: the temple administrator of Igalim
3	1(u) 4(disz) erin2 e2 {d}szu-{d}suen	14 labor-troops, house of Šu-Suen
4	5(disz) erin2 e2 {d}szul-gi	5 labor-troops for the house of Šulgi,
5	8(disz) {d}utu-mu	8 (mana wool for) Utumu
6	2(disz) ARAD2-{d}ba-ba6	2 Warad-Baba
7	erin2 e2 szabra	labor-troops of the household of the chief household manager
8	2(u) la2 2(disz) erin2 e2 {d}inanna	20 less 2 labor-troops for the temple of Inanna
9	2(u) la2 1(disz@t) erin2 e2 {d}nin-sun2	19 labor-troops, temple of Ninsun
10	($ blank space $) 2(gesz2) 1(disz)	(total:) 121
11	erin2 <sza3>-gu4-me	labor-troops of the oxherds
12	2(u) la2 2(disz) sipa gukkal	20 less 2 fat-tailed sheep,
13	1(u) 7(disz) sipa [...]	17 shepherds
14	1(u) [...]	10 ...
reverse col 1
1	3(u) szu-ku6-me	30 fishers,
2	ugula u3-ma-ni	foreman: Umani;
3	1(u) lu2 [...]	10 ... men
4	1(u) 6(disz) ma2-lah5 lu2 [...]	16 boatmen, ...
5	1(u) 1(disz) lu2-ma2-sag	11: Lu-masag,
6	2(u) 8(disz) ur-ama-na	28, Ur-Amana;
7	3(u) lugal-sukkal	30, Lugal-sukkal;
8	1(u) 3(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 szabra	13 (mana wool for) Ur-Baba, household manager;
9	1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ur-{d}ba-ba6 muhaldim	9: Ur-Baba, the cook;
10	1(u) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 lu2-ur3	10: Ur-Šulpa’e, the ur-official;
11	1(u) 2(disz) lu2 didli bu3-ka-ka	12 (mana wool for) all the buka men
12	9(disz) gaszam	9 potsherds,
reverse col 2
1	ugula sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka	foreman, temple administrator of Ninmar
2	($ blank space $) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz)	(total:) 184.
3	ka i7 u3-sur-ra	from the mouth of the Usur canal
4	u4 3(disz)?-kam	on the 3rd(?) day
5	iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2	month: “Oxen-drivers,

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