PPAC 5, 0246 (P316488)

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 015295

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley delivered by various farmers; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] engar
2'. 4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
3'. mu-kux(DU)
4'. la2-ia3 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5'. en-ga-ga engar
6'. GAN2-gu4 a-kal-la
7'. 1(u) 7(asz) gur
8'. mu-kux(DU)
9'. la2-ia3 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
10'. en-sza3-ku3-ge engar
11'. 2(u) 1(asz) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur <mu-du>
12'. [la2-ia3 n] 5(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [la2-i3 ...] 1(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
2'. a-ab-ba engar
3'. GAN2-gu4 ku-li
4'. 2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
5'. mu-kux(DU)
6'. la2-ia3 6(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
7'. he2-ti engar
8'. 2(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) gur
9'. mu-kux(DU)
10'. la2-ia3 2(u) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11'. la2-ia3 3(asz) 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze gur
  sic
12'. lu2-uru11{ki} engar
13'. 8(asz) 1(barig) gur
14'. mu-kux(DU)
15'. la2-ia3 1(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
16'. ur-{d}su4-an-na <engar>
17'. 1(u) 6(asz) [...] gur
  rest broken
reverse
  illegible

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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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 246

    [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 2, BM 015295 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015295
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0021

  • 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, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. 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, 0246 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316488.
PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry (No. P316488). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316488 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316488 (Accessed: September 2, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316488},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316488},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316488
LB  - CDLI:P316488
M1  - 2025/9/2/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316488
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0246 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316488.
PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry (No. P316488). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316488 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316488 (Accessed: September 2, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316488},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316488},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316488
LB  - CDLI:P316488
M1  - 2025/9/2/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0246 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316488
ER  -
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