PPAC 5, 0176 (P315918)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014343

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of fields with areas. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur'u) 7(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a du11-ga
2. 3(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a nu-du11
3. a-sza3 da-ze2
4. 7(bur3) GAN2 a du11-ga
5. a-sza3 su3-GAN2
6. 1(u) 5(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a du11
7. 5(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a nu-du11
8. a-sza3 e2-gibil4-[le]
reverse
  (beginning illegible)
1. a-sza3 {d}nin-a2-gal
2. 5(bur3) GAN2 a du11-ga
3. 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) GAN2 a nu-du11
4. a-sza3 la-za-wi
5. ugula sanga {d}nin-dar-a

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of fields with areas. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P315918

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 014343
Accession Number 1896-04-06, 0041

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 176

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

  • history: CBT 1, BM 14343

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0176 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315918.
PPAC 5, 0176 artifact entry (No. P315918). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315918 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0176 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315918 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315918},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0176 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315918.
PPAC 5, 0176 artifact entry (No. P315918). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315918 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0176 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315918 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315918},
}

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PY  - 2024
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