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LB 0031 (P388603)

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

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Designation	LB 0031
ID	P388603
Museum no.	LB 0031
Collection	de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands
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	2(gesz2) 2(u) la2 3(ban2) sze [gur] lugal?	220 minus 3 ban2 barley, royal(?),
2	si-i3-tum# [...]	“If he does not pay attention to the scribal art,
3	5(u) gur sze a-sza3 x-unu{ki} sze szuku-ra ensi2-ka#	50 gur of barley (for) the field ...-unu, barley for the šukura service of the governor
4	szu-nigin2 3(gesz2) 9(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal#	total: 189 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 barley, royal (measure)
5	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
6	4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lu2-nigin6{ki#}	4 gur 4 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3: Lu-Nigin
7	2(asz) ma-an-szum2	2: Manšum;
8	5(asz) 4(ban2) lugal-bara2/za3?-ge-si	5 (gur) 4 ban2: Lugalbara-zage-si
9	3(asz) 3(barig) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}	3 (gur) 3 barig Ur-Ninmar
10	2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-{d}asznan	2 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 (for) Ur-Ašnan
11	4(barig) aga3-us2 ensi2 1(disz)-ta	4 barig, soldier of the governor, at 1 each;
12	3(asz) ur-ba-gara2 aga3-us2	3: Ur-Bagara, soldier;
13	1(barig) {d}nin-gir2-su-ka	60 litres (of barley) 1 for Ningirsu
14	4(ban2) ur-ma-ma ad-kup4	4 ban2: Ur-Mama, the smith;
15	2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) ur-szu-ga-lam-ma	24 gur 3 barig Ur-šugalama
16	1(asz) sza3-ku3-ge	Ša-kuge
17	5(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	50 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3
reverse
1	[...]-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur	its ...: 2 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 2 sila3
2	kiszib3 na-ba-sa6 sa12-du5	under seal of Nabasa, chief surveyor;
3	1(asz) ba-ba-a nagar	Babaya, the carpenter
4	1(asz) ur3-re-ba-du7	Ur-rebadu
5	1(asz) 1(barig) aga3-us2-me	1 (gur) 1 barig, the soldiers;
6	4(barig) sza3-gal gu4-sze3 iti sze-sag11-ku5	4 barig fodder for oxen, month: "Harvest,"
7	2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 puzur4-esz-dar szagina	2 barig 5 sila3: Puzur-Ešdar, general;
8	1(barig) 3(ban2) kiszib? lugal-siki-su13	1 barig 3 ban2, under seal of Lugal-sikisu
9	2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sag gur-ra	2 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 2 sila3 head,
10	5(asz) KA-U2-[...]-AB2 mu x-sze3	5 (gur) KA-U-...-AB2 for ... years
11	1(asz) x x sila3 ur-[...]-ma	1 sila3 of Ur-...
12	2(gesz2) [...] la2-ia3 [n]+3(asz) gur	120 ... deficit: n+3 gur
13	szu-nigin2 2(gesz2) [...] gur#	total: 120 ... gur
14	zi-[ga]	booked out
15	la2-ia3 [...] sila3 [...]	Deficit ... sila
16	nig2-ka9 ak [x] za [...]	accounts ...
17	iti sze-sag11-ku5 [u4 n]-kam# [...]	Month of Addaru, day n, ...
18	mu si-mu-ru#-[um{ki} lu]-lu-[bu-um{ki}] a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-[kam-asz ba]-hul#	year: “Simurum and Lullubum for the 9th time were destroyed.‭

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