PPAC 5, 0259 (P316631)

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 015372

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Grain delivery for sá-du11 and nì-ezem-ma over 13 months by Lú-dingir-ra son of Ab-ba-mu; sealed (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [... sze gur]
2. [szu-igi-du]
3. [... iti] izi#-la2#-[a]
4. 2(u) 2(asz) <gur> ki lu2-dingir-ra
5. dumu ab-ba-mu-ta
6. 2(asz) 2(barig) ki lu2-{d}hendur-sag?-ta
7. 7(asz) <gur> a-sza3 ambar-ta
8. szunigin 3(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 gur
9. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. 2(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa2-du11
2. 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba
3. 2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
4. iti 1(disz)-kam iti 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3
5. sze-bi 3(u) 5(asz) 3(ban2) gur
6. 1(barig) 2(ban2) nig2 ezem-ma
  blank space
7. szunigin 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur
8. [zi]-ga
9. [la2-i3 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 sze]
10. [nig2-ka9-ak ...]
11. [mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Grain delivery for sá-du11 and nì-ezem-ma over 13 months by Lú-dingir-ra son of Ab-ba-mu; sealed (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316631

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 015372
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0098

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038912
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15372
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-98

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 259

    [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 015372 (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 13:32:21 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:36:28 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:21 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-11-17 at 14:37:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI 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, 0259 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316631.
PPAC 5, 0259 artifact entry (No. P316631). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316631 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0259 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316631 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316631},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0259 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316631.
PPAC 5, 0259 artifact entry (No. P316631). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316631 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0259 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316631 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0259 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316631},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316631},
}


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TI  - PPAC 5, 0259 artifact entry
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