PPAC 5, 0263 (P205615)

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 015796

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) udu-eme-gi-nita2 [...]
2. zi-ga sza3 udu ba-a-ta
3. ur-mes szusz3 i3-dab5
4. diri 5(gesz2) 3(u) udu eme-gi
5. diri 2(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) ud5 masz hi-a
6. diri 1(u) 3(asz) gu2 siki-gi
7. udu eme-gi-ra-am3
8. diri 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3 u3 siki tug2 us2
9. diri e2-gal-la ku4-ra
10. ugula a-a-kal-la szusz3
11. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
reverse
1. [...] udu hi-a udu gukkal
2. [nig2]-ka9-[ak ...]
3. [...]
4. [...] ur-sa6-ga
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
7. 2(u) [...] lu2-kal-la nu-{gesz}kiri6
8. sza3 e2-duru5 geme2-{d}nanna-ka
9. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
12. szunigin [...] hi-a
13. szunigin [...] ki
14. [...]-ta
15. ugula [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P205615

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 015796
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0016

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039117
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15796
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-16

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 263

    [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.

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
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:32:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-13 at 09:17:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:58:36 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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0263 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205615.
PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry (No. P205615). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205615 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205615 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205615},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205615},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0263 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205615.
PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry (No. P205615). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205615 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205615 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205615},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205615},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P205615
LB  - CDLI:P205615
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0263 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205615
ER  -
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