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

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

-

Text

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

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317057

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 015805
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0025

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039123
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15805
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-25

References

  • 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 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
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, 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: October 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317057},
}


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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: October 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0269 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317057},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317057},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317057
LB  - CDLI:P317057
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0269 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317057
ER  -
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