PPAC 5, 0614 (P203646)

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 026973

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditure of barley, zi-ga she kù-babbar she nì-gál-la egir kishib ka9-ta)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) sze gur lugal
2. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar masz a-sza3-ga
3. ur-{d}nin-bara2 di-ku5
4. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
5. giri3 ku-li dumu lu2-{d}utu
6. 3(asz) gur engar a-sza3 lugal-nam-iri-na-me
7. e2 {d}nansze
8. giri3 nig2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ni-ba
9. 2(u) 8(asz) gur
10. 4(disz) gin2 1/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.1(ASZ))|) ku3
11. iszib {d}nin-gir2-su
12. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su
13. giri3 na-ba-sa6 sa12-du5
14. 1(u) gur lu2-bala-sa6-ga
15. nu-banda3-gu4 e2 {d}szul-gi
reverse
1. 8(asz) gur si-[... e2] {d}ig-alim
2. 5(asz) 3(barig) <gur> nimgir-sza3-kusz2 mah?-x?-gan
3. e2 {d}szul-gi
4. giri3 ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|) sa12-du5
5. 5(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
6. lu2 szuku-ra didli-me
7. giri3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu ur-{gesz}gigir sa12-du5
8. ($ blank space $) gur
9. ($ blank space $) gin2 ku3
10. du11-ga-zi-da
11. dumu da-da
12. giri3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu lu2-{d}utu
13. 2(u) 1(asz) gur ur-sa6-ga dumu ha-za-num2-sze3?
14. szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
15. szunigin 6(disz) gin2 1(u) sze ku3
16. zi-ga sze nig2 gal2-la
17. murgu2 kiszib3 sanga-ta
18. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Expenditure of barley, zi-ga she kù-babbar she nì-gál-la egir kishib ka9-ta)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 614

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026973
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0614 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203646.
PPAC 5, 0614 artifact entry (No. P203646). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203646 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0614 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203646 (Accessed: June 29, 2025).
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	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0614 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203646},
}

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