PPAC 5, 0248 (P316501)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015307

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of workmen listed in groups of ten; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. al-la-di
2. a-tu
3. ab-ba-iri
4. nam-mah
5. ur-{d}nansze
6. i3-kal-la
7. ur-esz3-lil2-la2
8. {d}utu-ma-an-szum2
9. ur-{d}ig-alim
10. du11-ga-ni-zi
11. ($ blank space $) 1(u)
12. al-la-di i3-dab5
13. 1(barig) ku-li
14. [1(barig)] lu2-nimgir
15. [1(barig)] ur-{d}nin-a-zu
16. [1(barig)] nimgir-di-ne
17. [1(barig)] lu2#-{gesz}gigir
18. [1(barig) ...]-{d}nin-gir2-su
19. [1(barig) ...-{d}]ba-ba6
column 2
1. ku-li i3-dab5
2. ($ blank space $) lugal-me-lam2
3. ($ blank space $) ur2-ra-ni
4. ($ blank space $) ha-du-du
5. ($ blank space $) ur-sag-ub3{ki}
6. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}iszkur
7. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}li9-si4
8. ($ blank space $) ba-zi
9. ($ blank space $) ka5-a-mu
10. ($ blank space $) na-ba-sa6
  blank space
11. lugal-me-lam2 i3-dab5
12. 1(barig) ba-zi-ge
13. tug2 lugal-amar-ku3
14. 1(barig) ur-{d}ig-alim
15. ($ blank space $) ARAD2
16. ($ blank space $) en-u2
17. tug2 ur-{d}lamma
18. ($ blank space $) al-la
19. ($ blank space $) sza3-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  (illegible, salt)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (List of workmen listed in groups of ten; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316501

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 015307
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0033

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038874
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15307
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-33

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 248

    [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 015307 (catalogue)

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

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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 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, 0248 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316501.
PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry (No. P316501). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316501 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316501 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316501},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0248 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316501.
PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry (No. P316501). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316501 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316501 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316501},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316501},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316501
LB  - CDLI:P316501
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316501
ER  -
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