PPAC 5, 0269 (P317057)

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 015805

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley issued to various men listed by name; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... szu]-im-[bi]
2. [...] ti-al-bi2-du11
3. [...] nin-a-na
4. [...] hu-ha
5. [...] a-li2-a-li2
6. [...] {d}lamma-ama-mu
7. [...] {d}suen-dan
8. [...] geme2-{gesz}gigir
9. 2(ban2) 5(disz) a-ba-{d}ba-ba6-gin7
10. 2(ban2) 5(disz) {d}nansze-ama-mu
11. zah3# a-li2-[id]
12. ($ blank space $) ha-ti-[...]
13. zah3 {d}ba-ba6-da-[nu-me-a]
14. zah3 be-li2-kar3-ri
15. zah3 ne-ga-ru-<ni>
16. [...] nin-{d}lamma
17. [...] ur-{d}dumu-zi
18. 3(ban2) {d}nanna-ta-<lu2>
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 1(barig) lugal-[u2-szim-e]
2'. 1(barig) igi-{d}[nanna-sze3]
3'. 1(barig) 1(ban2) igi-an-[sze3]
4'. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}nansze-kam!
5'. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ba-an-sa6
6'. 1(barig) szesz-kal-la
7'. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}iszkur-il!-<la>-at
8'. 1(ban2) {d}amar-{d}suen-si-sa2
9'. 1(ban2) {d}nin-gir2-su-ur?
10'. 3(ban2) lugal-ha-ma-ti
11'. 1(barig) szu-{d}en-lil2
12'. zah3 {d}ba-ba6-{d}lamma-mu
13'. 4(ban2) {d}szul-gi-u2-nam-ti
14'. 1(barig) {d}szul-gi-{d}utu-mu
15'. zah3 {d}nin-gir2-su-gu2!-gal
16'. zah3! kur-ba-dim2-alan
17'. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ur-al-la
18'. [1(barig) 2(ban2) a2]-u2-mu
reverse
column 1
1. 1(barig) szu-esz18-dar
2. [...] geme2!-{d}nansze
3. [...] {d}ba-ba6-ur-mu
4. [... ba]-gara2-zi-mu
5. [... lum]-lum-za
6. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ur-sukkal
7. 3(ban2) a-hu-du10
8. ($ blank space $) kal-la-mu
9. zah3 mu-tum-an
10. zah3 nin-lu2-<ni>-nu-se-ge4
11. 5(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba gur
12. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) dingir-ma-tu
13. 1(asz) gur sa2-du11 ninda
14. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sa2-du11 kasz
15. nin-ba-tuku
16. 2(barig) 3(ban2) sa2-du11 kasz ninda
17. gu3-de2-a
18. 3(ban2) sza3-[gal ...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
2'. mu ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 ba-ab-du8

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:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley issued to various men listed by name; 4 col. (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 269

    [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 015805 (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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 015805
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0025

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.03.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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 13:32:21 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, 0269 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317057.
PPAC 5, 0269 artifact entry (No. P317057). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317057 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0269 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317057 (Accessed: June 19, 2025).
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	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0269 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317057},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317057},
}

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