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PPAC 5, 0236 (P316047)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014620

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory of oxen, cows and asses. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz@c) gu4 gesz
2. gub-ba-am3
3. inim-ku3-ga-ni
4. 7(asz@c) gu4 gesz
5. 1(asz@c) gu4 1(disz)
6. 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz su-ga engar
7. gub-ba-am3
8. lu2-giri17-zal
9. 4(asz@c) ansze 3(asz@c) dur3
10. 1(asz@c) ansze amar ga
11. 2(asz@c) dur3 amar ga
12. gub-ba-am3
13. {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
14. 5(asz@c) gu4 gesz
15. gub-ba-am3
16. ab-ba engar
17. 2(asz@c) ab2 mah2
18. 4(asz@c) gu4 gesz
reverse
1. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
2. 1(asz@c) gu4 amar ga
3. 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz sag ab2 mah2-sze3
4. gub-ba-am3
5. nam-ha-ni
6. ugula usz-zi
7. u3 en-ni-na-dan
8. gu4 apin gub-ba
9. {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
10. ugula sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
11. mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
left
1. usz-zi en-ni-na-dan

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Inventory of oxen, cows and asses. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 236

[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 14620

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 014620
Accession No.: 1896-04-07, 0009

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (063492) (063492)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.14620) (BM.14620)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0407-9) (W_1896-0407-9)

Notes

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CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0236 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316047.

PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry (No. P316047). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316047 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316047 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316047},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0236 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316047.

PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry (No. P316047). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316047 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316047 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316047},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316047
LB  - CDLI:P316047
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0236 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316047
ER  -