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Al-Adab 125, p. 357 no. 1 (P521757)

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

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Designation	Al-Adab 125, p. 357 no. 1
ID	P521757
Museum no.	IM 205137
Collection	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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	1(u) 1(barig) 1(ban2) dabin gur	10 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 dabin flour,
2	sa2-du11 u4 iti 1(disz)-kam	regular offerings for 1 month
3	2(ban2) zi3 giri3 a-bu-du10	2 ban2 flour via Abudu
4	1(ban2) ur-gi6-par4	1 ban2, Ur-gipar;
5	1(ban2) lu2 du-u2-ga?	10 litres (of barley for) Duuga
6	5(disz) sila3 {d}iszkur-illat	5 sila3 of Adad-tillati,
7	5(disz) sila3 ur-{d}suen	5 sila3: Ur-Suen;
8	5(disz) sila3 lu2 ur-{d}a#-szar2#	5 sila3: the man of Ur-Ašar
9	5(disz) sila3 lu2 ur-e11-e	5 sila3: the man of Ur-e’e;
10	3(ban2) szu-er3-ra	3 ban2: Šu-Erra
11	3(ban2) lugal-za3-e3	3 ban2: Lugal-zage;
12	3(ban2) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam	3 ban2 for 1 day
13	3(ban2) zi3 3(ban2) sze a-ra2 2(disz)-kam	3 ban2 flour, 3 ban2, barley, 2nd time,
14	1(ban2)# x x x	1 seah, ;
15	be-li2-a-zu	Beli-azu
16	2(ban2) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam	2 ban2 for 1 day
17	2(ban2) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam	2 ban2 2 times
18	suhusz-ki-in	the foundations
19	1(barig) lu2-dingir-ra	60 litres (of barley for) Lu-dingira
20	1(ban2) zu-zu	1 ban2: Zuzu;
21	1(ban2) lu2-us2 e2-a-ni	10 litres (of barley) 1 unit (for) Lu-uš of Eani
22	5(disz) sila3 lu2 szu-ma-ta?	5 sila3 from the man of Šuma
23	2(disz) sila3 sze naga	2 sila3 barley, alkali-plant
24	1(ban2)? sag-rig7	1 ban2? of sagrig-flour
25	2(ban2) x-{d#?}nin-szubur	2 ban2 -Ninšubur
obverse col 2
1	5(disz) sila3 lu2-esz18-dar x x	5 sila3: Lu-Ištar ;
2	1(ban2) al-lu	1 ban2: Allu;
3	5(disz) sila3 szar-ru-um#-ba-ni	5 sila3: Sargon
4	2(ban2) zi3 x x szu-{d}dumu-[zi?]	20 litres of flour for Šu-Dumuzi
5	2(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza	2 sila₃: flour; 2 eša-flour;
6	sza3 pa5-nig2-gur11#?-ra#?{ki}	in Paniggurra
7	2(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza	2 sila₃: flour; 2 eša-flour;
8	sza3 ambar{ki}	in Ambar
9	1(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 esza	1 sila₃: flour; 1 liter: esha;
10	sza3 e2-duru5-en-na#	in the Eduruena
11	{d}nanna#	For Nanna
12	5(disz) sila3 zi3 5(disz) sila3 esza	5 sila₃: flour; 5 eša-seeds;
13	{d}nin-gir2-su u3 {d}ba-ba6	Ningirsu and Baba
14	sza3 lagasz{ki}	in Lagaš
15	5(disz) sila3 zi3 5(disz) sila3 esza	5 sila₃: flour; 5 eša-seeds;
16	{d}mes-lam-ta-e3#	Meslamtae
17	sza3 un-sa6-ga#{ki}	in Unsaga
18	3(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 esza#	3 ban2 flour, 1/2 sila3 esha-flour
19	a-ra2 1(disz)-[kam]	for the first time
20	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 6(disz) [sila3] esza#	1 ban2 2 sila3 flour, 6 sila3, esha-flour
21	e2 {d}nin-gir2-su u3 {d}ba-ba6	the temple of Ningirsu and Baba
22	1(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 esza# {d}lamma!	1 sila3 flour, 1 sila3 eša flour for Lamma
23	1(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza# {d}[...]	1 sila flour, 2 sila eša-flour for
24	1(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 esza# [...]	1 sila₃: flour; 1 liter: esha flour;
25	x x x [...]
reverse col 1
1	[...]
2	siskur2? [...]	a siskur prayer(?)
3	1(ban2) zi3# sig15#? [...]	1 ban2 fine flour
4	5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 [...]	5 sila3 fine flour
5	e2 {d}szul-gi-[ra]	the temple of Šulgi
6	x zi3 sig15 2(ban2) zi3-gu 2(ban2) [...]	[x] fine flour, 2 ban2, emmer flour,2 ban2 ...
7	n sila3 esza 3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra	n sila3 eša-flour, 3 sila3, nig₂-arra-grain,
8	x-DI?-sze3	to ...;
9	n sila3 zi3 3(disz) sila3 esza	[n sila] of flour, 3 sila of eša-flour,
10	5(disz) sila3 zi3 3(disz) sila3 esza	5 sila flour, 3 sila eša flour
11	a-ra2 2(disz)-kam	2nd time
12	x x {d}nin-gir2-su gaba-ri-a	of Ningirsu, copy.
13	sza3 gir2-su{ki}	in Girsu
14	1(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 esza	1 sila₃: flour; 1 liter: esha;
15	{d}ne3-eri11-gal	Nergal
16	2(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza	2 sila₃: flour; 2 eša-flour;
17	{d}inanna	For Inanna
18	2(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza	2 sila₃: flour; 2 eša-flour;
19	{d}utu	for Utu,
20	5(disz) sila3 zi3 5(disz) sila3 esza	5 sila₃: flour; 5 eša-seeds;
21	dub-la2-mah {d}nanna#	the great throne of Nanna
22	[...] zi3 5(disz) sila3 esza	... flour, 5 sila3 esha-flour
23	a2#?-ki-ti#? [...]	The akītu-demon
24	2(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) sila3 esza	2 sila₃: flour; 2 eša-flour;
reverse col 2
1	{d}lugal-x-[...]	Lugal-
2	sza3 uri5#[{ki}]	in Ur
3	4(barig) 2(ban2) sze x [...]	4 barig 2 ban2 barley
4	1(barig) sze 6(disz) x [...] DU [x]	60 litres of barley 6 units ...
5	szunigin 1(asz) n sze gur	total: 1 gur n barley
6	szunigin 1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 5(disz) sila3 dabin gur	total: 11 gur 4 barig 5 sila3 dabin flour
7	szunigin 3(ban2) zi3 sig15	total: 3 ban2 fine flour
8	szunigin 1(barig)? n 9(disz) sila3 esza	total: 1 barig? n 9 sila3 eša-flour
9	szunigin x x x szim du	total [x ...] aromatics,
10	iti munu4-gu7	month: “Malt-feast,’
11	mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul	year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.‭

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