PPAC 5, 0301 (P208488)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 018285

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
column 1
1. 1(u) 6(disz) aga3-us2 nu-banda3
2. 2(disz) szesz-tab-ba sza13-dub-ba
3. 3(disz) szesz-tab-ba dub-sar lu2 azlag2
4. 1(u) 6(disz) szesz-tab-ba um-mi-a
5. 4(disz) gu-za-la2
6. 3(disz) engar erin2-na
7. 5(disz) nagar
8. 2(disz) tug2-du8
9. 1(u) 3(disz) ad-kup4
10. 6(disz) lu2 naga
11. 3(disz) i3-du8
12. 3(disz) lu2 gi szid
13. 4(disz) lu2 im-babbar2
14. 1(u) 3(disz) ug3-IL2 e2 usz-bar
15. 3(u) 4(disz) lu2 gu
16. 5(gesz2) 5(u) [9(disz)?] ug3-IL2
17. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) erin2
18. lu2 azlag2-me
19. 1(gesz2)? [n] 3(disz)
20. szesz-tab-ba
21. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
22. ugula lugal-mudra5
23. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
24. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
column 2
1. ugula ur-mes
2. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
3. 1(disz) gurusz
4. ugula lu2-{d}nin-mar{ki}
5. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
6. ugula lugal-im-ru-a
7. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
8. ugula ku5-da
9. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
10. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
11. ugula lu2-{d}nisaba?
12. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
13. ugula lu2-{d}en-ki
14. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
15. ugula ur-sze-il2-la
16. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
17. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
18. ugula lugal-ab-zu
19. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
20. ugula lu2-{d}nin-szubur
21. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
22. ugula i3-zu
23. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
24. 1(disz) gurusz
25. ugula ba-zi
26. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
reverse
column 1
1. ugula [...]
2. 1(disz) [szesz-tab-ba]
3. [ugula ...]
4. 1(disz) [szesz-tab-ba]
5. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
6. ugula giri3-ni-i3-sa6
7. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
8. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
9. ugula ad-da
10. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
11. ugula lugal-dam
12. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
13. 1(disz) ug3-IL2
14. ugula da-a-da
15. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
16. ugula ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu gu-za-ni
17. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
18. ugula ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
19. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
20. ugula e2-zi-mu
21. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) szesz-tab-ba
22. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz
23. ugula usz-bar-me
column 2
1. e2 usz-bar
2. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}

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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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 301

[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 018285
Accession No.: 1894-12-22, 0002

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:23	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-07 at 14:24:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-01 at 18:04:44	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 (039875) (039875)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.18285) (BM.18285)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1222-2) (W_1894-1222-2)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0301 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208488.

PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry (No. P208488). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208488 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208488 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208488},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208488},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0301 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208488.

PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry (No. P208488). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208488 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208488 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208488},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208488},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P208488
LB  - CDLI:P208488
M1  - 2026/2/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0301 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208488
ER  -