PPAC 5, 0257 (P316629)

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 015370

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of guruå sila-a dab5-ba-me (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  illegible
reverse
1. dumu lu2-{d}[...]
2. e2-duru5 ma-ni-ta
3. 1(disz) du11-ga dumu ur-{d}x-[...]
4. nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)-gin7-du-[ta]
5. 1(disz) a-hu-[...]
6. e2-duru5 ga-esz8-ta
7. sila-a dab5-ba-a-me
8. {gesz}kiri6 {d}szul-gi a2 kalam-[ma-sze3]
9. ur-{d}inanna i3-dab5
10. 1(disz) nin-ezem dam-gar3
11. 1(disz) nin-nig2-sag-[gu7-gu7]
12. e2-[duru5 al]-ar3-[ra-ta]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of guruå sila-a dab5-ba-me (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316629

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 015370
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0096

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 257

    [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 015370 (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, 0257 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316629.
PPAC 5, 0257 artifact entry (No. P316629). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316629 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0257 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316629 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316629},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0257 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316629.
PPAC 5, 0257 artifact entry (No. P316629). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316629 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0257 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316629 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316629},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316629},
}

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