PPAC 5, 0009 (P315497)

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 012415

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of field-produce delivered by farmers (engar) listed by name. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 7(gesz2) 5(u) sze gur lugal
2. ur-nig2 engar
3. 6(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(asz) gur
4. 4(asz) 4(barig) sza3-gal erin2
5. ur-sa6-ga engar
6. ugula ur-dun
7. a-sza3 iri-ul
8. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) gur
9. 4(asz) 4(barig) sza3-gal erin2
10. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3 <engar>
11. [ugula] na!-ba-sa6
  rest broken
column 2
1. ur-{d}iszkur engar
2. ugula ab-ba-mu
3. a-sza3 lal3-ha
4. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gur
5. gu2-zu engar
6. 6(gesz2) 2(asz) gur
7. 2(asz) sza3-gal he2-dab5
8. ($ blank space $) naga
9. lu2-{d}gir16 engar
10. 5(gesz2) 5(u) 1(ban2) gur
11. 6(asz) 1(ban2) sza3-gal erin2
12. ($ blank space $) naga
13. a2-na engar
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. a-sza3 [...]
2'. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) gur
3'. 3(barig) 4(ban2) sza3-gal [...]
4'. 3(asz) <gur> sza3-gal dumu dab5-ba
5'. lu2-mu10-us2-sa2 engar
6'. ugula lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
7'. a-sza3 dur9{ur3}-re-[gar-ra]
8'. 5(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(asz) gur
9'. 1(asz) 1(ban2) sza3-gal he2-dab5
10'. a-tu-kal-la engar
11'. a-sza3 tul2-la? lugal
12'. 1(gesz2) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
13'. da-da engar
14'. a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
15'. ugula ur-sag-ub3{ki}
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. a-sza3 dam
2'. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) gur
3'. ur-{d}iszkur engar
4'. a-sza3 igi {d}<ig>-alim
5'. ugula lu2-giri17-zal
6'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
7'. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-<da> engar
8'. a-sza3 a2-bala
9'. ugula ur-dun
10'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) gur
11'. {d}utu-sa6-ga engar
12'. a-sza3 du6-imin
13'. ugula ab-ba-mu
14'. szunigin 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
15'. szunigin 3(u) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur sza3-gal erin2
16'. ugula szesz-kal-la

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:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of field-produce delivered by farmers (engar) listed by name. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 9

    [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.

  • history: CBT 1, BM 12415

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    catalogue entry

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 012415
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0027

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 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
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0009 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315497.
PPAC 5, 0009 artifact entry (No. P315497). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315497 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315497 (Accessed: June 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315497},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315497},
}


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