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CTPSM 1, 185 (P500323)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CTPSM 1, 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500323 |
| Museum no. | GMII 0931 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 3 | bur-{d}iszkur ga-esz-sze3 gen-na | I want to go to Bur-Iškur |
| 4 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 5 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 6 | nu-ur2-{d}iszkur sukkal ku6-sze3 gen-na# | Nūr-Adad, the messenger, went to the fish |
| 7 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 8 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 9 | lu2-{d}nanna sagi ki zabar-dab5-<sze3> gen-na | Lu-Nanna, the cupbearer, went to the place of the zabardab. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 1 ban2 5 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 2 | 1(u) gin2 i3 | 10 shekels oil, |
| 3 | dingir-ba-ni giri3 ba-a-mu gen-na | Ilum-bāni, go! |
| 4 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 5 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 shekels oil, |
| 6 | aga3-us2 zabar-dab5 ki lu2-dingir-ra-sze3 gen-na | I am the soldier, the bronze snare, going to Lu-dingira. |
| 7 | zi-ga u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam | booked out, the 29th day; |
| 8 | iti szu-numun | month: “Sowing,’ |
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