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CTPSM 1, 013 (P499287)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CTPSM 1, 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499287 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1395 |
| Collection | Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation |
| 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 | 9(disz) geme2 1(barig) sze lugal-<ta> | 9 female laborers, 1 barig barley each, |
| 2 | 2(disz) geme2 5(ban2)-ta | 2 female workers, 5 ban2 (= 50 sila3) each |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta | 77 female workers, 4 ban2 (= 40 sila3) each |
| 4 | 2(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta | 21 female workers, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 5 | 3(disz) geme2 szu a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta | 3 female laborers, labor: 1/2 mana 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 6 | 5(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta | 5 šugi female workers, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(u) 5(disz) [dumu?] 1(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3]-<ta> | 35 children, 1 ban2 5 sila3 (= 15 sila3) each |
| 2 | 3(u) la2 2(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-<ta> | 32 children, 1 ban2 (= 100 sila3) each |
| 3 | sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur | its barley: 18 gur 4 barig 5 sila3 |
| 4 | sze-ba geme2 usz-bar | barley rations of female weavers |
| 5 | ugula ur-{d}da-mu | foreman: Ur-Damu; |
| 6 | iti sze-il2-la | month: “Barley carried,’ |
| 7 | mu kar2-har{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul | year: “Karḫar for the 3rd time was destroyed. |
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