PPAC 5, 0612 (P202783)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026968

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of barley, nì-ka9-ak she Lú-dSHul-gi shabra)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze GAN2-gu4
3. ($ blank space $) gur
4. sze GAN2 apin-la2
5. ($ blank space $) gur
6. sze numun-ta gur-ra
7. 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
8. sze amar ba-usz2
blank space
9. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
10. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
11. sza3-bi-ta
12. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
13. gur zabar-ta
column 2
1. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
2. gur sze-ba-ta
3. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3
4. kiszib3 ur-dam
5. dumu ur-{d}nansze
6. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
7. kiszib3-bi 3(disz)-am3
8. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
9. dumu me-luh-ha
10. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
11. kiszib3 gu3-de2-a
12. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
13. 8(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
14. mu ba-a-al-la-a-sze3
reverse
column 1
1. kiszib3 ur-dam
2. dumu ur-{d}nansze
3. ugu2-a ga2-ga2
4. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. kiszib3 ur-dam
6. dumu ur-{d}nansze
7. szunigin 4(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
8. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
9. dumu me-luh-ha
10. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
11. kiszib3 gu3-de2-a
column 2
1. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. ugu2-a ga2-ga2
blank space
3. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
4. zi-ga
5. la2-ia3 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
6. nig2-ka9-ak
7. lu2-{d}szul-gi szabra
8. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Seal information:
unsealed
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Account of barley, nì-ka9-ak she Lú-dSHul-gi shabra)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 612

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026968
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.00.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 15:55:11	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 21:47:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-02-21 at 09:28:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054707) (054707)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26968) (BM.26968)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0611-20) (W_1898-0611-20)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0612 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202783.

PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry (No. P202783). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202783 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202783 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202783},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0612 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202783.

PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry (No. P202783). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202783 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202783 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202783},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202783
LB  - CDLI:P202783
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0612 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202783
ER  -