PPAC 5, 0272 (P317085)

Plan or Drawing 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 015823

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing) Field plan with measurements, calculation of yield in barley (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  (field plan)
reverse
column 1
1. 1(bur'u) 1(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2 sze
2. ab-sin2-bi 1(disz) ninda 1(u)-ta
3. sze-bi 1(asz) 3(barig) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
  calculation: 10 11/18 x 30 (sila3 per furrow) = 10 183.3/300 gur?
4. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 ziz2! ab-sin2-bi 1(u)-ta
5. ziz2!-bi 1(asz) gur
  calculation: 9/18 x 30 (sila3 per furrow) = 150/300 gur?
6. za-al-lum engar
7. 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 sze ab-sin2-bi 1(disz) ninda 1(u)-ta
8. sze-bi 4(barig) 2/3(disz)-ta
  calculation: 14/18 x 30 (sila3 per furrow) = 233.3/300 gur?
9. 3(iku) GAN2 ziz2
10. [ab]-sin2#-bi 1(disz) ninda 1(u)-ta
11. [ziz2-bi ...] 2(barig)
  calculation: 3/18 x 30 (sila3 per furrow) = 50/300 gur?
12. ARAD2 engar
13. a-sza3 du6-gala
column 2
1. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing) Field plan with measurements, calculation of yield in barley (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317085

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 015823
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0043

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039133
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15823
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-43

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 272

    [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: Borrelli diss., 09

    [Borrelli2013diss] Borrelli, Noemi. 2013. “Managing the Land: Agricultural Administration in the Province of Ĝirsu/Lagaš During the Ur III Period.” Phdthesis, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L’Orientale.

  • history: CBT 2, BM 015823 (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
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03 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, 0272 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317085.
PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry (No. P317085). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317085 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317085 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317085},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0272 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317085.
PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry (No. P317085). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317085 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317085 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317085},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317085
LB  - CDLI:P317085
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0272 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317085
ER  -
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