PPAC 5, 0277 (P317103)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015846

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oil for a throne and 13 persons, gìr ∂Íára-ì-åa6 (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) da-gam-ni-pa
2. bar-ra-an
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za
4. 1(disz) lu2 en
5. 1(disz) lu2 geme2-ba
6. 1(disz) lu2 me-e2-zi-ta
7. 1(disz) lu2 da-da szabra
8. 1(disz) lu2 nin-zi-lagab
9. 1(disz) lu2 sanga?-{d}nin
11. [1(disz)] lu2 me-wu-zu
12. [1(disz)] lu2 geme2-{d}nun-gal
reverse
1. [1(disz)] lu2 du11-ga-dingir
2. [1(disz)] lu2 ga-esz8
3. [1(disz)] gin2 {gesz}gigir
  blank space
5. zi-ga
6. {d}szara2-i3-sa6

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Oil for a throne and 13 persons, gìr ∂Íára-ì-åa6 (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317103

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 015846
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0066

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039146
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15846
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-66

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 277

    [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 015846 (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.

  • history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 28

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 60

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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 13:32:21 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
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, 0277 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317103.
PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry (No. P317103). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317103 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317103 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317103},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317103},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0277 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317103.
PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry (No. P317103). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317103 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317103 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317103},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317103},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317103
LB  - CDLI:P317103
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317103
ER  -
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