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LB 0053 (P388617)

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

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Designation	LB 0053
ID	P388617
Museum no.	LB 0053
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	4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2	4 oxen, seed of the field,
2	1(u) la2 1(disz) erin2 ugula lu2-e2-gibil	9 labor-troops, foreman: Lu-egibil
3	6(disz) szesz-tab-ba	6 Šeštaba
4	8(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 ur-sag-ub3{ki}	8, hirelings of Ur-sag-ub;
5	4(disz) 1(asz) ma2-lah6 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su	4 1 boatmen: Lu-Ningirsu,
6	5(disz) sza3-gu4	5 oxen,
7	GAN2-gu4 lu2-me-lam2	oxen field of Lu-melam
8	4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2 1(disz) gu4 numun diri	4 oxen, seed of the field, 1 extra seed-ox,
9	1(u) erin2 ugula {d}utu-bar-ra	10 workmen, foreman: Utu-bara
10	7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 lugal-uszumgal	7 hirelings, Lugal-ušumgal,
11	8(disz)? he2-dab5 ugula lu2-e2-gibil	8, hedab, foreman: Lu-egibil;
12	3(disz) ma2-lah6 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su	3 boatmen: Lu-Ningirsu;
13	1(u) gu4? gu-za-na	10 oxen, guzana
14	3(disz) ASZ ugula nin-a-na	3 (mana wool for) AŠ, foreman: Ninana
15	7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 {d}utu-bar-ra	7 hirelings of Utu-bara,
16	GAN2-gu4 lugal-ku3-zu	oxen field of Lugal-kuzu
17	4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2 2(disz) gu4 numun diri	4 oxen, seed of the field, 2 oxx, extra seed,
18	6(disz)? ma2-lah6 ugula ur-{d}szara2 AN-x	6 boatmen, foreman: Ur-Šara, AN-x
19	1(u) 4(disz) 1(asz) ugula ka5-a-mu	14 (mana wool for) 1 foreman: Ka-amu
20	1(u) 1(disz) ugula gu-u2-mu	11 foreman: Gu’umu
reverse
1	ma2-lah5-me	are boatmen.
2	2(disz) szesz-tab-ba	2 Šeštaba
3	2(disz) lu2 hun-ga2	2 hirelings,
4	GAN2-gu4 ur-{d}ig-alim	oxen field of Ur-Igalim,
5	2(disz) gu4 numun GAN2	2 oxen, seed of the field
6	3(disz) szesz-tab-ba	3 Šeštaba
7	3(disz) sza3-gu4	3 oxen trainers
8	GAN2-gu4 szesz-kal-la	oxen field of Šeškalla
9	szu-nigin2 1(u) 4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2	total: 14 oxen, seed of the field;
10	szu-nigin2 3(disz) gu4 numun diri	total: 3 extra oxen,
11	szu-nigin2 2(u) 7(disz)? erin2 gu4	total: 27? labor-troops of oxen,
12	szu-nigin2 7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 {d}utu-bar-ra	total: 7 hirelings of Utu-bara
13	szu-nigin2 1(u) 5(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 szesz-kal-la	total: 15 hirelings, Šeškalla;
14	szu-nigin2 1(u) 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba	total: 11 Šeštaba
15	szu-nigin2 8(disz) sza3-gu4	total: 8 oxen
16	szu-nigin2 5(u) 6(disz) 3(asz) ma2-lah5	total: 56 boatmen;
17	u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam	21st day,
18	iti ezem-{d}szul-gi	month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’
19	a-sza3 inim-ma-AN tur	field Inima-AN, small

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