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Christie's Erlenmeyer no. 57 (P387452)

Administrative, ED IIIb, Girsu · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE

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Designation	Christie's Erlenmeyer no. 57
ID	P387452
Museum no.	Anonymous 387452
Collection	anonymous
Language	Sumerian
Period	ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 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	8(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 sze#-ba 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	8 igi-nudu barley, 1 barig 2 ban2
2	sze#-bi [2(asz@c)] 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)# gur# saggal#	its barley: 2 gur 2 barig 4 ban2, saggal
3	dingir-a-mu	Ilum-amu
4	8(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	8 igi-nudu, 1 barig 2 ban2
5	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig 2 ban2
6	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig
7	sze-bi 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) e2-ku4#	its barley: 3 (gur) 1 barig, E-ku
8	6(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	6 igi-nudu, 1 barig 2 ban2
9	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig
10	sze-bi 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) e#-ta-e11	its barley: 2 (gur) 1 barig he has weighed out
11	7(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	7 igi-nudu, 1 barig 2 ban2
12	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig 2 ban2
13	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig
14	sze-bi 3(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) ur-ki	its barley: 3 (gur) less 2 ban2, Urki;
obverse col 2
1	[5(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)]	5 igi-nudu, 1 barig 2 ban2
2	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig
3	sze#-bi 2(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) en-kisal-si	its barley: 2 (gur) less 2 ban2, Enkisalsi
4	igi-nu-du8 gesz-me	eye-snake of the mes tree
5	2(u@c) 1(asz@c) igi#-nu-du8 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)	21: Iginudu, 2 barig 4 ban2
6	1(asz@c) du3-a#-ku5# [1(barig@c)]	1 Duaku, 1 barig
7	sze-bi# 1(u@c) [4(asz@c)] 1(barig@c) ur-[szul]	its barley: 14 (gur) 1 barig, Ur-šul
8	[8(asz@c) igi]-nu#-du8# 2(barig@c)# 4(ban2@c)#	8 igi-nudu, 2 barig 4 ban2
9	[sze-bi] 5(asz@c)# 1(barig@c)# 2(ban2@c)# amar#-ezem#	its barley: 5 (gur) 1 barig 2 ban2, Amar-ezem
10	6(asz@c) igi#-nu-du8 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)	6 igi-nudu, 2 barig 4 ban2
11	1(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c)	1 Duaku, 1 barig
12	1(barig@c) e-ta-e11	60 litres (of barley for) Etae
13	sze-bi 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) e-ta-e11	its barley: 4 (gur) 2 barig he has weighed out,
14	igi-nu-du8 gesz-kin-ti-me	the doorkeepers of the scepter,
15	1(barig@c) {d}en-lil2-bad3	1 barig for Enlil-bad
obverse col 3
1	[1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su]-bad3#	1 barig for Ningirsu-bad
2	nita#-me	we are men
3	1(barig@c) nin-iri-ni-sze3-nu-kar2-kar2#	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-irini-šenu-karkar
4	1(barig@c) geme2-i7-edin-na#	60 litres (of barley for) Geme-iddina
5	1(barig@c) {d}ba#-[ba6]-na#-[nam]	60 litres (of barley) 1 unit (for) Baba-nanam
6	1(barig@c)# [nin-nu-nam-szita]	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-nunamshita
7	1(barig@c)# [nin]-gil#-sa	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-gilsa
8	1(barig@c) uszur3-ra-sa6	60 litres (of barley for) Ušurasa
9	1(barig@c) nin-ra-a-na-gu-lu5	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-ra-ana-gulu
10	1(barig@c) nig2-banda3{da}	1 barig, the nigbanda(-official),
11	munus-me	we are women
12	szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)	total: 2 males, 1 barig
13	8(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)	8 women, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
14	sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) me-lu2-nu-DU	its barley: 2 (gur) 2 barig, MelunuDU;
15	2(barig@c) gala-tur	2 barig, gala-tur;
16	1(barig@c) en-ku4	1 barig Enku
17	1(barig@c) {d}mes-an-du-lu2-sa6-ga	60 litres (of barley) 1 for Mesandulusaga
obverse col 4
1	1(barig@c)# {d}nin#-gir2#-su#-igi-du	60 litres (of barley) 1 for Ningirsu-igidu
2	1(barig@c) nir-an-da-gal2	60 litres (of barley for) Nirandagal
3	1(barig@c) zi-mu-an-da-gal2	60 litres (of barley for) Zimu-andagal
4	nita-me	we are men
5	1(barig@c)# nin#-szesz#-da#	60 litres (of barley) 1 unit (for) Nin-shešda
6	1(barig@c) nin#-edin#-ne2	60 litres (of barley for) Nine-edina
7	1(barig@c) pa4-pa4-{d}nansze-mu-tu	60 litres (of barley for) Pa-pa-Nanše-mutu
8	1(barig@c) za-na	60 litres (of barley for) Zana
9	[munus]-me	women
10	szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) nita 2(barig@c)	total: 1 male, 2 barig
11	5(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)	5 males, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
12	4(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)	4 female kids, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
13	sze-bi 3(asz@c)# la2 1(barig@c) en-ku3	its barley: 3 (gur) less 1 barig, Enku
14	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}inanna#?-tesz2-mu	1 barig 2 ban2: Inanna-tešmu
15	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}nansze-lu2-sa6-ga	1 barig 2 ban2: Nanše-lusaga
16	1(barig@c) ur-{d}gaszam	60 litres (of barley for) Ur-Gazam
17	1(barig@c) utu#-lu2-sa6-ga	60 litres (of barley for) Utulusaga
18	[nita-me]	a man
obverse col 5
1	1(barig@c) {d}ba-ba6-mu-tu	60 litres (of barley for) Baba-mutu
2	1(barig@c) {d}inanna-da-gal-di	60 litres (of barley for) Inanna-dagaldi
3	1(barig@c) gan-tilla2	60 litres (of barley for) Gantilla
4	1(barig@c)# [nin-tesz2-mu]	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-tešmu
5	[munus-me]	women
6	szu-[nigin2] 2(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)#	total: 2 male kids, 1 barig 2 ban2
7	2(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)	2 males, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
8	4(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)	4 female kids, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
9	sze-bi 2(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) lugal-sipa	its barley: 2 (gur) 4 ban2, Lugal-sipa;
10	1(barig@c) sipa-iri-da-kusz2	60 litres (of barley for) Sipa-iridakuš
11	1(barig@c) szu-na	60 litres (of barley for) Shuna
12	1(barig@c) en-ku3	1 barig Enku
13	1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su-tesz2#-mu#	60 litres (of barley for) Ningirsu-tešmu
14	nita-me	we are men
15	1(barig@c) nin-al-mah	1 barig Nin-almaḫ
16	1(barig@c) nin-bara2#-da-ri2	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-bara-dari
17	1(barig@c) nin-masz-e	60 litres (of barley for) Nin-maše
18	1(barig@c) pa4-pa4#-zi#-mu	60 litres (of barley for) Pa-pa-zimu
obverse col 6
1	1(barig@c)# e-da-nam	60 litres (of barley for) Edanam
2	munus-me	we are women
3	szu#-nigin2 4(asz@c)# nita 1(barig@c)	total: 4 male kids, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
4	4(asz@c)# [munus] 1(barig@c)	4 women, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
5	[sze-bi] 2(asz@c)# [ur]-{d}nin-\|MUSZ%MUSZ\|#-da-ru	its barley: 2 units (for) Ur-Nin-Daru
6	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) szesz-lu2-du10	1 barig 2 ban2: Šešludu
7	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}nin-gir2-su#-lu2#-mu#	1 barig 2 ban2: Ningirsulumu
8	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal#-{d}nansze#-[mu-tu]	1 barig 2 ban2: Lugal-Nanšemutu
9	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal#-lu2-du10#	1 barig 2 ban2: Lugal-ludu
10	1(barig@c) e2-zi#	60 litres (of barley for) Ezi
11	szu-nigin2# 4(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	total: 4 male kids, 1 barig 2 ban2
12	1(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)	1 male, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
13	sze#-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sag-{d}nin-gir2-su-da	its barley: 1 (gur) 2 barig 2 ban2, for Sag-Ningirsuda
14	il2-me	he raised up.
15	1(barig@c) ur-du6	60 litres (of barley for) Urdu
16	1(barig@c) lugal-ga2	60 litres (of barley for) Lugalga
obverse col 7
1	1(barig@c) {d}ba-ba6-lu2-sa6-ga	60 litres (of barley) 1 for Baba-lusaga
2	1(barig@c) bu3-bu3-ni-du10	1 barig, Bubunidu
3	1(barig@c) lugal-inim-gi-na	60 litres (of barley for) Lugal-inim-gina
4	sagi#-me	cupbearer
5	1(barig@c) ur-{d}ba-ba6#	60 litres (of barley for) Ur-Baba
6	muhaldim#	cook
7	1(barig@c) lugal-surx(ERIM)	60 litres (of barley for) Lugal-sur
8	sukkal	minister
9	1(barig@c) igi-mu-an-sze3-gal2	60 litres (of barley for) Igi-manšegal
10	lu2# e2#-nig2#-ka#-[me]	the men of the storehouse
11	1(barig@c) ur2#-ni	60 litres (of barley for) Urni
12	1(barig@c) lugal-tesz2-mu	60 litres (of barley for) Lugal-tešmu
13	lu2 a-kum2-me	a person who eats
14	2(barig@c) U2-U2	2 barig grass-fed,
15	1(barig) 2(ban2) en-da-gal-di	1 barig 2 ban2: Endagaldi
16	1(barig) 2(ban2) szesz-lu2-du10	1 barig 2 ban2: Šešludu
obverse col 8
1	dub-sar-<me>	scribe
2	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) dingir-al-sa6	1 barig 2 ban2: Dingir-alsa
3	nita-am6	a man
4	4(ban2@c) {d}inanna-menx(\|GA2xEN\|)	4 ban2 Inanna-men
5	munus-am6	a woman
6	szu#-i#-me
7	szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)	total: 1 man 2 barig
8	1(asz@c) 2(disz@t) lu2# 1(barig@c)# 2(ban2@c)#	1 aš-c-(worker), 2 men, 1 barig 2 ban2
9	1(u@c) la2# 1(asz@c)# lu2 1(barig@c)	9 men, 1 barig
10	1(asz@c) lu2# 4(ban2@c)	1 man, 4 ban2 (= 40 sila3)
11	nita-me	we are men
12	1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)	1 woman: 4 ban2
13	sze-bi 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) sza3 dub e2-gal	its barley: 3 (gur) 1 barig 4 ban2, from the tablet of the palace;
14	1(barig@c) {d}en-lil2-da	1 barig (for) Enlilda
15	1(barig@c) {d}en-ki-tesz2-mu	60 litres (of barley) 1 for Enki-tešmu
16	simug-me	the smith,
reverse col 1
1	1(barig@c) i7-mud	1 barig, Idmud;
2	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sipa-lagasz{ki}-ki-ag2	1 barig 2 ban2: Sipa-Lagaš-kiag;
3	aszgab-me	weavers
4	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) e-ta-e11	1 barig 2 ban2 E-tae
5	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) nam-szita-mu-bi2-du11	1 barig 2 ban2: Namšita-mubidu
6	tug2-du8-me	weavers
7	1(barig) lu2-zi	1 barig Lu-zi
8	zadim	a stone
9	1(barig) kaskal-la-ni	60 litres (of barley for) Ka-lani
10	bahar2	potter
11	gesz-kin-ti-me	of the scepter
12	3(ban2@c)#! nig2-gur11-kur-[ra]	3 ban2: Niggur-kura
13	3(ban2@c) nam-mah	3 ban2: Nammah;
14	3(ban2@c) zi-mu	3 ban2: Zimu;
15	3(ban2@c) ur-ki#	3 ban2: Urki
16	3(ban2@c) igi-{d}ba#-[ba6]-sze3#	3 ban2 for Igi-Baba
17	3(ban2@c) ur-{d}pa#-bil3#-[sag]	3 ban2: Ur-Pabilsag
reverse col 2
1	3(ban2@c) gub-ba-ni	3 ban2: Gubbani;
2	3(ban2@c) utu-lu2-mu	3 ban2: Utulumu;
3	i3-du8-me	they are gatekeepers
4	1(barig@c)! e-ta-e11	60 litres (of barley for) Etae
5	lugal-inim-gi-na	Lugal-inim-gina
6	sipa masz-da	shepherd of the kids
7	e-da-ti
8	2(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su-igi-du	2 barig: Ningirsu-igidu
9	gab2-ra
10	ur-{d}en-ki	Ur-Enki
11	sag-apin-ka	of the plowmen
12	1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	1 man: 1 barig 2 ban2
13	en-DU	En-DU
14	2(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	2 men, 1 barig 2 ban2
15	lugal-da-nu-me-a	Lugaldanumea
16	sipa udu-siki-ka-me	We are the shepherds of the sheepfold
reverse col 3
1	3(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	3 men, 1 barig 2 ban2 (= 60 sila3)
2	gir2-nun	Girnun
3	gab2-kas4	to the border
4	1(barig@c) {d}ba-ba6-ama-da-ri2	1 barig (for) Baba-ama-dari
5	gab2-ra
6	en-ku4	enterer
7	sipa szaganx(AMA){sza:gan}-ka	the shepherd of the šagan offering
8	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal-i3-nun	1 barig 2 ban2: Lugal-inun
9	1(barig@c) lugal-a-mu	60 litres (of barley for) Lugal-amu
10	nita-me	we are men
11	4(ban2@c) za-na	4 ban2: Zana;
12	munus-am6	a woman
13	U2-U2
14	sanga e2-gal-da#	temple administrator of the palace
15	e-da-se12	he will weigh out.
16	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ur-{d}inanna	1 barig 2 ban2: Ur-Inanna;
17	ma2-lah5	boatman
18	szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)	total: 1 man 2 barig
reverse col 4
1	1(u@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)	10 men, 1 barig 2 ban2
2	6(asz@c) 2(disz@t) lu2 1(barig@c)	6, 2 men, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
3	8(asz@c) lu2 3(ban2@c)	8 men, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3)
4	nita-me	we are men
5	1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)	1 woman: 4 ban2
6	sze-bi 9(asz@c)# la2 4(ban2@c) 2(barig) sza3 dub didli	its barley: 9 (gur) less 4 ban2 2 barig, in the various tablets;
reverse col 5
1	szu-nigin2 4(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)	total: 40 less 2 men, 2 barig 4 ban2
2	3(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)	3 men, 2 barig (= 20 sila3)
3	5(u@c)# 2(disz@t) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)#	52 men, 1 barig 2 ban2 (= 60 sila3)
4	3(u@c)# 5(asz@c) 2(disz@t) lu2# 1(barig@c)	35 men, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
5	2(asz@c)# lu2 4(ban2@c)	2 men, 4 ban2 (= 40 sila3)
6	8(asz@c)# lu2 3(ban2@c)	8 men, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3)
7	nita-me	we are men
8	2(u@c) 1(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)	21 women, 1 barig (= 60 sila3)
9	2(asz@c) munus# 4(asz@c)#	2 women, 4
reverse col 6
1	gu2#-an#-sze3 2(gesz2@c)# 4(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 sze-ba tur mah-ba	to Gu-an: 121 barley-fed men,
2	sze-bi 1(gesz2@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) gur saggal	its barley: 62 gur 2 barig 4 ban2;
3	sze-ba sza3 dub e2-gal sza3 dub didli	barley rations of the palace, ration of many tablets,
4	lu2 {d}ba-ba6-ke4-ne	the men of Baba
5	en-ig-gal	Eniggal
6	nu#-banda3	overseer
7	itu gu4-ra2 bi2-mu2-a	month: “Oxen calfs were born,’
8	e2 ki-sal4-la-ta	from the house of the courtyard
9	e-ne-ba	he founded.
reverse col 7
1	sa6-sa6	beautiful
2	dam# URU-KA-gi-na	wife of Urukagina
3	lugal	the king
4	lagasz{ki}-ka 2(\|ASZxDISZ@t\|)	of Lagash; (year) 2.
5	6(disz@t)# ba-am6	It is allocation six.

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