PPAC 5, 0271 (P317080)

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 015812

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Remainder of a bread delivery; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  blank space
1. si-i3-tum
2. 2(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga
3. 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra du
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze 3(barig) 5(ban2) munu4
5. 1(barig) 4(ban2) szim saga
6. e2 kiszib3-ba u3 geme2-bi
7. 3(barig) 3(ban2) munu4 ki ur-{d}szar2-ur3-ra-ta
8. 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze uru11{ki}
9. ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
10. sza3
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11. iti munu4-gu7
12. 1(asz) sze nam-zi-[tar-ra]
13. 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 sze lu2-{d}utu
14. 2(barig) kasz iti-da-ta
column 2
1. [...]
2. 1(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
3. 1(u) kasz dida [...]
4. ki ug3-IL2-ta
5. 5(asz) munu4 gur 1(barig) sze
6. ki ur-{d}du10-ur3-ra-[ta]
7. 3(barig) e2-ta
8. 6(asz) 1(barig) ki-sur-ra{ki}-ta
9. 5(asz) 3(barig) sze e2-duru5 {d}[...]
10. 2(asz) 1(barig) e2 ma2-lah5
11. 1(asz) 1(barig) ga2-nun gesz-ta
12. egir ur-{d}nin-ga2 nu-{gesz}kiri6
13. 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze ur-{d}lamma dumu da-da
14. 1(asz) sze munu4 lugal-uszumgal
15. 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze kasz gur
16. ki [...]-bu3-bu3-ta
17. [...] kasz saga
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. a szu [...]-du
2'. 4(asz) 3(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 ka-a-ta
3'. 1(asz) e2 gu-za-la2-ta
4'. 1(asz) 1(barig) szim saga gal munu4
5'. giri3 lu2-kal-la
6'. [n] 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze nig2 gal2-la
7'. sag-bi 5(ban2)
8'. giri3 ab-ba-gi-na
9'. 4(ban2) ziz2 giri3 tul2-ta-pa3-da
10'. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze zi3 KA
11'. 6(asz) 2(barig) ki lu2-kal-la
12'. 5(u) 5(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3
13'. sza3-bi-ta
14'. 2(u) 9(asz) kasz elam [...]
15'. 5(asz) 4(barig) kasz ninda [gur]
16'. [...] sze-ba lugal [...]
column 2
1. mu-kux(DU) gu-za-la2
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. iti munu4-gu7
5. 5(u) 1(asz) kasz dida saga
6. 1(asz) 2(barig) kasz gur nig2-ba lugal
7. 1(barig) 4(ban2) lugal-mu-ku3-sig17-a-da
8. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ki-gu-la
9. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-{gesz}gigir
10. 1(barig) 2(ban2) [...]-an-na
11. 1(u) 2(barig) [...]
12. [...]
13. szunigin 5(u) 4(asz) gur [...]
14. zi-[ga]
15. nig2-[...]-a
16. iti [munu4-gu7-ta]
17. iti ezem-[{d}dumu-zi-sze3]
18. mu e2 {d}[szara2 ba-du3]

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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:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 271

    [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 015812 (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 015812
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0032

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.05.00, Šū-Suen.09.06.00
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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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-12-17 at 16:47:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-10-10 at 09:26:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-04-24 at 11:47:31 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI 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, 0271 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317080.
PPAC 5, 0271 artifact entry (No. P317080). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317080 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317080 (Accessed: May 26, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0271 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317080},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317080},
}


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