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CTPSM 1, 159 (P500296)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CTPSM 1, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500296 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1356 |
| 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 | 1(ban2)# zi3-gu lugal | 1 ban2 of royal flour |
| 2 | u4 2(disz)-kam sza3 iri | 2nd day, in the city |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3 | 5 sila3 flour for the road |
| 4 | i-szar-a-hi dumu nu-banda3 | Išar-ahi, son of the overseer |
| 5 | 1(barig) zi3 sza3 iri | 1 barig flour in the inner city |
| 6 | 1(barig) zi3 kaskal-sze3 | 1 barig flour for the road |
| 7 | NIM an-sza-an{ki}-me | ... of Anšan |
| 8 | giri3 i-szar-a-hi dumu nu-banda3 | via Išar-ahi, son of the overseer; |
| 9 | an-sza-an{ki}-sze3 du-ni | to Anšan went, |
| 10 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re sukkal | 5 sila3 flour for Lugal-magure, the messenger; |
| 11 | 3(ban2) zi3 NIM si-u3{ki}-me | 3 ban2 of flour from Šulmu, |
| 12 | giri3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re | via Lugal-magure; |
| 13 | si#-u3{ki}-ta du-ni | from Sîn came |
| 14 | [... zi3]-gu | ... emmer flour |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-ZU dumu nu-banda3 | ..., son of the overseer |
| 2 | [NIM szi]-ma-asz-gi5-me | omen of Šimašgime |
| 3 | [giri3 ...]-ZU dumu [...] nu-banda3 | via ...-le'i, son of ..., the overseer |
| 4 | [...]-ta du-ni | ... going from ... |
| 5 | zi#-ga | booked out |
| 6 | iti# gu4-ra2-bi2#-mu2-mu2 | month: “Oxen-drivers,’ |
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