PPAC 5, 0185 (P315934)

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 014366

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of 1 gur of barley distributed among various guruå and gemé workers. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur
2. dam si-mu
3. lu2 ki-masz{ki}-ka
4. 1(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze
5. 1(disz) elam 1(barig) sze
6. 1(disz) geme2 dab5
reverse
1. ugula ku?-ti
2. 1(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze
3. 1(disz) gurusz 4(ban2)
4. 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
5. ugula nu-ur2-i3-li2
6. dah-hu ki e2-a-i3-li2
7. giri3 dingir-ba-ni
8. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-mu

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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of 1 gur of barley distributed among various guruå and gemé workers. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 185

    [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 14366

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 014366
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-06, 0064

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.11d.00 (intercalated)
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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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-10-10 at 09:26:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004785 (composite) (P457495) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0185 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315934.
PPAC 5, 0185 artifact entry (No. P315934). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315934 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0185 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315934 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315934},
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