PPAC 5, 0013 (P315502)

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 012420

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record similar to 12417. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. szu {d}ba-ba6-na
2'. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}suen
3'. asz lu2-dingir-ra
4'. asz lugal-sza3-la2
5'. 1(disz) en-ka-la
6'. [...] ur-mes
7'. dumu-ni-me
8'. [... ur]-{d}nansze
9'. [... ur]-mes
10'. [...]-usz-gi-na
11'. [...]-su
12'. [dumu-ni]-me
13'. [...]-bi
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) [...]
2'. szu ur-[...]
3'. 1(disz) ur-nig2
4'. 1/2(disz) lu2-[...]
5'. szesz ba-[...]
6'. asz ur-nig2 dumu-[ni]
7'. 1(asz@c) lu2-u18
8'. asz ma-an-ba
9'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
10'. dumu-ni-me
11'. asz da-du-[...]
12'. 1(disz) ab-ba-kal-la
13'. szu lu2-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 13

    [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 12420

    [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 012420
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0032

  • 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 metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0013 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315502.
PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry (No. P315502). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315502 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315502 (Accessed: February 9, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315502},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315502},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315502
LB  - CDLI:P315502
M1  - 2026/2/9/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315502
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0013 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315502.
PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry (No. P315502). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315502 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315502 (Accessed: February 9, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315502},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315502},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315502
LB  - CDLI:P315502
M1  - 2026/2/9/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315502
ER  - 
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