PPAC 5, 0293 (P317783)

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 018064

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Activities in the ì-dub íd-sal4-la; 2 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u) la2 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sag-bi 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
3. ma2-ta
4. 6(asz) kiszib3 sa6-sa6-ga
5. 5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
6. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
7. 2(gesz2) 3(u) gur
8. giri3 lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3 dumu ur2-ra-dingir
9. 2(u) gur a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
10. 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
11. giri3 ba-zi
  blank space
12. szunigin 5(gesz2) 4(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze numun
15. kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum sanga uru11{ki}
16. 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
column 2
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-hur-sag dumu ma-an-sa6
2. ugula sanga {d}nansze
3. 7(asz) 4(barig) kiszib3 lu2-e2-sukud-ra2 dumu lugal-iri-da
4. ugula sanga {d}nin-dar-a
5. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) kiszib3 ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3 sa12-du5 ba-gara2
6. 5(asz) kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga sa12-du5
7. ($ blank space $) kiszib3 nam-tar-re dumu nar
8. ugula sanga {d}dumu-zi
9. 4(asz) 1(barig) kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
10. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su sza13-dub-ba
11. ugula sanga {d}ga2-tum3-du10
12. ki tul2-ta
13. 1(asz) 4(barig) kiszib3 nam-ha-ni dumu ab-ba-gi-na
14. 3(asz) kiszib3 [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 3(asz) [gur ...]
2'. ugula sanga {d}[...]
3'. 1(u) la2 5(ban2) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
4'. dumu na-ba-sa6-ga mar-sa
5'. ugula sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
  blank space
6'. szabra sanga#-me
7'. 2(u) gur {gesz}kiri6 ki-sur-ra
8'. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga nu-banda3
9'. 1(u) 5(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-iri-da mar-tu
10'. 8(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11'. kiszib3 sa6-sa6-ga
12'. 2(asz) gur kiszib3 inim-ku3
13'. mu ma-ni-sze3
14'. szunigin 4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
15'. mu-kux(DU)
16'. la2-ia3 1(u) 3(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gur
17'. nig2-ka9-ak lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
column 2
1. u3 inim-[ku3]
2. 9(gesz2) 2(asz) gur
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 2(u) gur
5. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga nu-banda3
6. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) gur sze numun-sze3
7. kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum sanga uru11{ki}
8. 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
9. ugu2 inim-ku3
10. u3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su ba-a-gar
11. zi-ga
12. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
13. i3-dub i7-sal4-la
14. iti amar-a-a-si
15. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Activities in the ì-dub íd-sal4-la; 2 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317783

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 018064
Accession Number 1894-10-16, 0027

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039671
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.18064
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1016-27

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 293

    [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 018064 (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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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, 0293 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317783.
PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry (No. P317783). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317783 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317783 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0293 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317783.
PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry (No. P317783). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317783 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317783 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317783},
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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry
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