PPAC 5, 0275 (P317094)

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 015840

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Guruå work and areas to be worked; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 7(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
2. 1(disz) ugula he2-dab5
3. la2-ia3 1(disz) bi2-du11-i3-sa6
4. la2-ia3 lugal-bara2-e-si
5. 1(disz) usz2 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
6. ARAD2?-dam szesz-gal
7. 7(disz) gub-ba
8. 1(disz) tu-ra#
9. 1(disz) tu-gu2-mu
10. 1(disz) ma2 gesz
11. la2-ia3 1(disz) lugal-da-ga
12. szi-ni-ta2-a szesz-gal
13. 6(disz) gub-ba
14. 1(disz) tu-na-ba-asz
15. 2(disz) ki gesz-i3
16. 1(disz) ugula he2-dab5
column 2
1. 1(disz) usz2 {d}utu-ba-e3
2. hi-li2 szesz-gal
3. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u2 1(u) 2(disz) sar
4. lu2 hun-ga2 geme2 {d}[...]
5. lu2-{d}inanna szesz-gal
  blank space
6. a-sza3 bar-ra-an
7. 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz al 7(disz) sar-ta
8. pu3-zu2-re-a
9. lu2 hun-ga2 e2? lugal
10. szu-numun lu2-dingir-ra
11. szu-numun ur-{d}szara2
12. 2(disz) lu2 hun-ga2-me
13. a-sza3 du6-esz3
reverse
column 1
1. za nig2-du7
2. tab ur-nig2
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. 3(ban2) [...]
6. siki [...]
  blank space
7. lu2 hun-ga2 geme2-{d}[...]
8. i3-[...]-sa6-da [szesz-gal?]
9. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) [gurusz] gu4 da-ri
10. 1(disz) nam-zi-tar-ra
11. [ugula] ur-{d}lamma
12. [... gurusz] gu4 da-ri
13. 1(disz) [ugula he2-dab5]
column 2
1. la2-ia3 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma
2. 1(disz) ARAD2
3. 1(disz) ARAD2-mu
4. 1(disz) ba-zi
5. 1(disz) lugal-{d}dalla
6. 1(disz) lugal-inim-gi-na
7. ugula ur-sag-ub3?
8. a-sza3 na-gab2-tum
9. iti amar!-a!-[a]-si#!
10. u4 2(u) 6(disz) <kam> ba-zal

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:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 275

    [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 015840 (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 015840
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0060

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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 13:27:14 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
2015-12-17 at 17:14:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:22 CDLI Atf CDLI 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, 0275 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317094.
PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry (No. P317094). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317094 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317094 (Accessed: May 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-24]},
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	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0275 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317094},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317094},
}


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