PPAC 5, 0276 (P317097)

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 015842

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Balanced account of wool by Du11-ga-∂Ba-ba6 (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) ma-[na ...]
2. siki si-[...]
3. 2(disz) ma-na [...]
4. 1(disz) ma-[na ...]
5. 5(disz) ma-[na ...]
6. 1(disz) ma-[na ...]
7. ki [...]
8. 2(disz) ma-na [...]
9. 1(disz) ma-na [...]
10. 4(disz) ma-na [...]
11. 1(disz) ma-na [...]
12. ki siki sag [...]
reverse
1. 3(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 siki 4(disz)-kam us2
2. 2(disz) ma-na 1/3(disz) gin2 siki tug2 ab
3. 1/2(disz) ma-na siki mug
4. ki du11-ga-{d}ba-ba6-ta
5. siki szu ti-a ama-nig2-du10
6. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
7. sza3-bi-ta
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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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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 276

    [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 015842 (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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015842
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0062

  • 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
2015-02-21 at 09:28:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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, 0276 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317097.
PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry (No. P317097). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317097 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317097 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317097},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317097
LB  - CDLI:P317097
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317097
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0276 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317097.
PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry (No. P317097). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317097 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317097 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317097},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317097
LB  - CDLI:P317097
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0276 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317097
ER  - 
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