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CTPSM 1, 167 (P500304)

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

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Designation	CTPSM 1, 167
ID	P500304
Museum no.	GMII 0844
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	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
2	puzur4-ha-mi	Puzur-Ḫammi
3	1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2) ninda	1 ban2 4 sila3 beer, 3 ban2 bread,
4	sza3 en-nu-me	in the watch
5	4(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	4 sila3 beer, 5 sila2 bread,
6	sza3 e2-gal-sze3	into the palace
7	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
8	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
9	szu-esz18-dar e2 la-a-a-sze3 gen-na	I am Šu’ešar, who goes to the house without.
10	4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda	4 liters of beer, 4 litres of bread,
11	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
12	i-pu2?-i3-li2 gesz-i3-sze3 gen-na	Ippu-ili went to the woods
13	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
14	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
15	lu2-{d}nanna sukkal	Lu-Nanna, the messenger;
16	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
17	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
18	a-bu-ni lu2-zah3# <dab5>-de3 gen-na	His father, the fugitive, went to capture him
19	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
reverse
1	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
2	du10-ga# szar2-ra-ab-du	and make it abundant for you
3	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
4	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
5	da-a-a ki gesz-i3-sze3 gen-na	Aya, go to the place of the oil burner!
6	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
7	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
8	<i?>-din-e3-a lu2 kas4	Iddin-Ea, the courier
9	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
10	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
11	ba-zi i3-du8 lugal	Bazi, royal gatekeeper;
12	4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz)# sila3 ninda	4 liters of beer, 4 litres of bread
13	4(disz)# gin2 i3	4 shekels oil
14	puzur4-ki-ni ki dam# lu2 szesz-kal-la	Puzur-kīni, with the spouse of the man of Šeškala
15	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
16	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
17	na-szi-a lu2 kas4	the messenger,
18	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
19	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
20	ba-lu5-lu5 sukkal	Balulu, the messenger
21	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil,
22	zi-da-num2 lu2 kas4	Zidanum, the messenger
23	1(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) kasz du	[1 ban2 fine beer]; 1 ban2 regular beer;
24	x x x x x x
25	giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su	via Lu-Ningirsu;
left
1	zi-ga u4 3(disz)-kam	booked out, 3rd day,
2	iti ezem-{d}li9-si4#	month: “Festival-of-Lisi,''

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