PPAC 5, 0275 (P317094)

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 015840

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Guruå work and areas to be worked; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 7(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
2. 1(disz) ugula he2-dab5
3. la2-ia3 1(disz) bi2-du11-i3-sa6
4. la2-ia3 lugal-bara2-e-si
5. 1(disz) usz2 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
6. ARAD2?-dam szesz-gal
7. 7(disz) gub-ba
8. 1(disz) tu-ra#
9. 1(disz) tu-gu2-mu
10. 1(disz) ma2 gesz
11. la2-ia3 1(disz) lugal-da-ga
12. szi-ni-ta2-a szesz-gal
13. 6(disz) gub-ba
14. 1(disz) tu-na-ba-asz
15. 2(disz) ki gesz-i3
16. 1(disz) ugula he2-dab5
column 2
1. 1(disz) usz2 {d}utu-ba-e3
2. hi-li2 szesz-gal
3. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u2 1(u) 2(disz) sar
4. lu2 hun-ga2 geme2 {d}[...]
5. lu2-{d}inanna szesz-gal
  blank space
6. a-sza3 bar-ra-an
7. 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz al 7(disz) sar-ta
8. pu3-zu2-re-a
9. lu2 hun-ga2 e2? lugal
10. szu-numun lu2-dingir-ra
11. szu-numun ur-{d}szara2
12. 2(disz) lu2 hun-ga2-me
13. a-sza3 du6-esz3
reverse
column 1
1. za nig2-du7
2. tab ur-nig2
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. 3(ban2) [...]
6. siki [...]
  blank space
7. lu2 hun-ga2 geme2-{d}[...]
8. i3-[...]-sa6-da [szesz-gal?]
9. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) [gurusz] gu4 da-ri
10. 1(disz) nam-zi-tar-ra
11. [ugula] ur-{d}lamma
12. [... gurusz] gu4 da-ri
13. 1(disz) [ugula he2-dab5]
column 2
1. la2-ia3 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma
2. 1(disz) ARAD2
3. 1(disz) ARAD2-mu
4. 1(disz) ba-zi
5. 1(disz) lugal-{d}dalla
6. 1(disz) lugal-inim-gi-na
7. ugula ur-sag-ub3?
8. a-sza3 na-gab2-tum
9. iti amar!-a!-[a]-si#!
10. u4 2(u) 6(disz) <kam> ba-zal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Guruå work and areas to be worked; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317094

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 015840
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0060

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039140
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15840
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-60

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 275

    [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 2, BM 015840 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo Heinrich Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-12-17 at 17:14:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:22 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0275 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317094.
PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry (No. P317094). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317094 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317094 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317094},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0275 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317094.
PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry (No. P317094). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317094 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317094 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317094},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317094},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P317094
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317094
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