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CTPSM 1, 084 (P500274)

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

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Designation	CTPSM 1, 084
ID	P500274
Museum no.	GMII 0296
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 col 1
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	[...]
4	[...] zi3# [...] gur	... flour ... gur
5	sze x x x la2	barley deficit
6	4(barig) amar ba-usz2	4 barig calves slaughtered,
7	3(asz) 3(barig) gur	3 gur 3 barig
8	a2 lu2 hun-ga2-ta gur-ra	from the labor of hirelings returned,
9	7(asz) 2(barig) gur sze szuku-ra sza3-gu4 ba-usz2	7 gur 2 barig barley of the šukura-tax, oxen slaughtered;
10	1(gesz2) 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur	61 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 4 sila3
11	sze-numun-ta gur-ra	from the seed barley returned,
12	5(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur	5 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 9 sila3
13	kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ha-li2-li2	under seal of Ur-Baba, son of Halili;
14	ki nam-mah dumu ur-{gesz}gigir-ta	from Nammah, son of Ur-gigir;
15	3(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) gur	35 gur 4 barig
16	ki ur-{gesz}gigir-ta	from Ur-gigir;
17	szunigin 2(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 1(disz) sila3 gur	total: 2 silos, 115 gur 1 sila3
18	sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam	It is a debit.
19	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
obverse col 2
1'	3(u) 4(asz) 4(barig)	34 (gur) 4 barig
2'	kiszib3 lu2-gi-na# [dumu] ha-ba-zi-zi#	under seal of Lugina, son of Habazizi
3'	5(gesz2) 5(u)	(total:) 450.
4'	kiszib3 lu2-{d}[...]	under seal of Lu-
5'	7(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) [x]	76 (gur) 1 barig ...
6'	kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6# lu2# [...]	under seal of Ur-Baba, the man who
7'	7(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur	754 gur
8'	kiszib3 ur-mes dumu ur-nig2 dumu ku-li	under seal of Ur-mes son of Urnig son of Kulli
9'	giri3 ba-zi dumu na-silim	via Bazi, son of Nasilim;
10'	6(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) gur	616 gur 1 barig
11'	kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-mar{ki} dumu lu2-{d}utu	under seal of Ur-Ninmar, son of Lu-Utu;
12'	giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su sza13-dub-ba	via Lu-Ningirsu, chief accountant;
13'	7(gesz2) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur	61 gur 1 barig
14'	kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir ka-guru7	under seal of Ur-gigir, the silo manager;
15'	2(gesz'u) 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	199 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
16'	kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3	its sealed tablets: 2
17'	kiszib3 lugal-lu2-sa6-sa6	under seal of Lugal-lusasa
18'	1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur	96 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 9 sila3
19'	i3-dub kun-zi-da e2-gibil4-le-ka	at the depot Kunzida of the new house
reverse col 1
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	[...] 4(disz) [...]	... 4 ...
4	[...]
5	2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur	184 gur 4 barig 5 ban2
6	i3-dub su3!(SZE)-GAN2 APIN# [x]	granary manager of the field
7	1(gesz'u)# 5(gesz2)# 2(u)# 3(asz)# 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	93 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3
8	i3-dub a-sza3 ar#-mu#-na-gub	the depot of the field Armanaguba
9	ugu2-a ba-a-gar	he placed upon it.
10	2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3 gur] kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3	24 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3, its sealed tablets: 2
11	kiszib3 lugal-lu2-sa6-sa6	under seal of Lugal-lusasa
12	ugu2-a ga2-ga2	on my account set
13	lugal-lu2-sa6-sa6 szu ba-ti	Lugallusasa received.
14	2(asz) 1(barig) kiszib3 nig2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu NI-ba	2 (gur) 1 barig under seal of Nig-Baba, son of NI-ba
15	2(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) zi3# sag-apin	166 (gur) 2 barig flour for the head plowmen
16	kiszib3 ur-hi#-li# sza13-dub-ba	under seal of Ur-ḫili, chief accountant
17	mu ur-tur#-sze3	for Urtur
18	7(asz) gur	7 gur
19	kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-gar	under seal of Ur-Lamma, son of Urgar
20	3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) gur	132 gur
21	kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6	under seal of Ur-Lamma, son of Lu-Baba;
22	mu ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-gar-sze3	year: “Ur-Lamma, son of Ur-gar,’
23	2(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 1(ban2) gur	126 gur 1 ban2
24	nig2-sa10 udu [...]	buying a sheep
25	kiszib3 szesz-szesz-[...]	under seal of Šeš-Šenni-
26	[...]
reverse col 2
1'	[...] x x x x x x
2'	[...]
3'	[...]
4'	szunigin 2(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 5(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur	total: 2 silos 96 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 9 sila3
5'	zi#-ga	booked out
6'	la2#-ia3# 2(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur	deficit: 168 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 2 sila3
7'	nig2-ka9-ak [si-i3]-tum ur-{d}lamma ka-guru7	account of Sītum, Ur-Lamma, the silo manager
8'	mu [...]	year ...

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