PPAC 5, 0251 (P316510)

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 015330

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Issue of sesame, li, dates and spices to various men; gìr Nam-mah (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [... i3-gesz] 2(barig) zu2-lum
2. [...]-dam
3. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4. 4(barig) i3-gesz 1(barig) 5(ban2) zu2-lum
5. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
6. 8(disz) ma-na siki u4-da-tusz-me
7. 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na <siki> gudu4
8. 1(disz) sila3 li
9. {d}lamma e2-a ku4-ra
10. 3(ban2) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
11. u2-szim {d}ba-ba6-sze3
  blank space
  erasure
12. 1/3(disz) sila3 ($ blank space $) gin2 a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
13. 1/3(disz) sila3 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. bu3 zu2-lum-sze3
  blank space
  erasure
2. 1/3(disz) sila3 lugal-i3-mah
3. 1(u) gin2 ur-{d}ba-ba6 lu2 sa-bu-um
4. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-sig17 siki ak-de3
5. 1(u) gin2 lu2 gesz NE-re-a
6. 1/3(disz) sila3 ($ blank space $) gin2 bu3 zu2-lum-sze3
7. 1(disz) sila3 u4-da-tusz {d}lamma-me
8. 1(disz) sila3 e-ri2-tah-tu
9. giri3 nam-mah
  blank space
  erasure
10. [...] bu3 zu2-lum-sze3
11. [...] ma2 e-sa-ne ak-[de3]
12. [...] im-sza e2-a [...]
13. [...]
left
1. mu en {d}inanna masz-e ($ blank space $)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Issue of sesame, li, dates and spices to various men; gìr Nam-mah (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316510

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 015330
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0056

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038881
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15330
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-56

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 251

    [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 015330 (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, 0251 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316510.
PPAC 5, 0251 artifact entry (No. P316510). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316510 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0251 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316510 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316510},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0251 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316510.
PPAC 5, 0251 artifact entry (No. P316510). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316510 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0251 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316510 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316510},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316510},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316510
LB  - CDLI:P316510
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316510
ER  -
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