PPAC 5, 0161 (P315862)

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 013567

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of fine butter, pease-meal, barley flour and beer, issued by Ba-zi s. of Na-di. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga
2. 1(barig) zi3 gu saga
3. 3(barig) dabin
4. 6(disz) dug kasz dida 3(ban2)
5. nibru{ki}-sze3
6. ki ba-zi dumu na-silim-sze3
reverse
1. giri3 {d}[ba-ba6-da]-nir-gal2 ra-gaba
2. zi-ga nin-dingir-ra
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi

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

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of fine butter, pease-meal, barley flour and beer, issued by Ba-zi s. of Na-di. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 161

    [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 13567

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 013567
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0658

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.08.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
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, 0161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315862.
PPAC 5, 0161 artifact entry (No. P315862). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315862 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0161 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315862 (Accessed: May 31, 2025).
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	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315862},
}


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