PPAC 5, 0312 (P204523)

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 018353

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 gur lugal
2. 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 ISZ ba-ba gur
3. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 dabin <gur>
4. 3(asz) ninda du gur
5. sag-bi 1(barig)
6. 3(barig) dabin
7. giri3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu lugal-sza3-gu2-na
  sic
  blank space
8. ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
9. 4(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 gur
10. 1(u) 6(asz) 3(ban2) zi3 ISZ ba-ba gur
11. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 1(barig) dabin gur
12. ki ur-{d}ig-alim-ta
13. 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda szu gur
14. sag-bi 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 banesz?
15. ki szesz-kal-la dumu lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
16. 1(u) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu gur
17. sag-bi 3(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3
18. ki du11-ge-du7-ta
19. [1(gesz2) 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3]-sig15 la2-ia3 su-ga
20. [3(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda du]
column 2
1. 9(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 ninda gesz-rum gur
2. igi 1(u) 5(disz)-gal2-bi 3(barig) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 2(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
3. 1(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 ninda saga
4. igi 1(u) 5(disz)-gal2-bi 4(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
5. szunigin 1(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) 1(u) gin2 ninda du 5(disz) sila3
  sic
7. igi 1(u) 5(disz)-gal2-bi 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3
8. szunigin 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
9. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
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10. szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 <gur>
12. szunigin 1(u) 3(ban2) 2(disz) <sila3> 2/3(disz) gin2 ninda gesz-rum <gur>
13. sze bala-bi 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 2(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
14. szunigin 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ninda saga <gur>
15. sze bala igi-5(disz)-gal2 ninda saga{ga}-bi 3(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 <gur>
16. szunigin 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) zi3 ISZ ba-[ba] nam dabin-sze3
17. szunigin 8(gesz2) 2(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 dabin gur
18. szunigin 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda du <gur>
reverse
column 1
1. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 <gur>
2. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 ninda gesz-rum gur
5. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 ninda saga gur
6. 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
7. 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ninda [... gur]
8. zi-ga ninda diri
9. sza3 a2 u4-da-ka
10. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ur-nig2
11. u3 lugal-a2-zi-da dumu nibru{ki}
12. zi-ga lugal
13. szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 ninda gesz-rum gur
14. sze bala-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur
15. szunigin 5(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 7(disz) sila3 ninda saga gur
16. sze bala igi-5(disz)-gal2 ninda-bi 1(gesz2) 5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 gur
column 2
1. szunigin 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
2. szunigin 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ninda szu gur
3. sze-bi 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 gur
4. igi 1(u) 5(disz)-gal2 ninda du8-a-bi 4(u) 7(asz) 2(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 <gur>
5. zi-ga-bi
6. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
7. zi-ga
8. la2-ia3 5(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 5(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 gur
  blank space
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9. nig2-ka9-ak ninda
10. ku5-da
11. iti szu-numun-ta
12. iti munu4-gu7-sze3
13. iti 2(disz)-kam
14. bala-bi 1(disz)-am3
15. ur-{d}lamma ensi2
16. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{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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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 312

    [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 018353
  • Accession No.: 1895-03-29, 0011

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.04.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.46.05.00 (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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2018-03-23 at 19:15:05 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-02-21 at 09:28:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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, 0312 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204523.
PPAC 5, 0312 artifact entry (No. P204523). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204523 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0312 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204523 (Accessed: May 31, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0312 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204523},
}


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