PPAC 5, 0117 (P315739)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 013357

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Tally for various grupos of guruå-workers.; nu-bànda: Lugal-me-lám. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) 2(disz) gurusz al 1(u) sar
2. erin2 e2 mar-za{ki}-ka
3. ugula iri-ki-bi
4. 2(u) gurusz gi 2(u) sar
5. sza3-gu4-me
6. 3(u) gurusz al 6(disz) sar
7. 2(u) gurusz al 1(u) sar
8. 4(u) 2(disz) gurusz al 1(u) 2(disz) sar
reverse
1. 1(u) di4-di4 {u2}gil
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) gurusz
3. lu2 hun-ga2-me
4. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. gurum2 ak
6. iti kin-{d}inanna
7. u4 5(disz) ba-zal
8. nu-banda3 lugal-me-lam2
9. a-sza3 {d}szu-{d}suen {d}en-lil2-da nir-gal2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Tally for various grupos of guruå-workers.; nu-bànda: Lugal-me-lám. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315739

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 013357
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0448

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 117

    [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 13357

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

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:19 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0117 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315739.
PPAC 5, 0117 artifact entry (No. P315739). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315739 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0117 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315739 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315739},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0117 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315739.
PPAC 5, 0117 artifact entry (No. P315739). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315739 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0117 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315739 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0117 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315739},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P315739
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0117 artifact entry
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