PPAC 5, 0279 (P317132)

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 015860

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Goods with their prices delivered by various men (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] sze ku3
2. [ki-ta]
3. [...] ma-na 1(disz) 1/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.1(ASZ))|) la2 3(disz) sze ku3
4. [ki ...] dumu lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
5. 1/2(disz) ma-na 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3
6. ki# ur-{d}nansze-ta
7. 1/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.1(ASZ))|)-sza ku3
8. ki# ur-sag-gu-la gu-za-la2-ta
9. 1(disz) ma-na
10. ki ur-dingir-ra dumu nam-mah-ta
11. 1(disz) ma-na
12. ki ur-{d}[szusz3]-{d}ba-[ba6-ta]
reverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 5(disz) [gin2]
2. ki lu2-{d}[...-ta]
3. szunigin 1(u) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 2/3(disz) 8(disz) sze ku3
4. kiszib3 ensi2-ka-bi
5. ensi2-ke4 in-zi-ir
6. [giri3] ur-{d}nun-gal dumu erin-da
7. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
8. mu si-mu-ur4-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 279

    [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 015860 (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 015860
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0080

  • 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 13:32:21 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI 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, 0279 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317132.
PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry (No. P317132). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317132 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317132 (Accessed: September 4, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317132},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317132},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317132
LB  - CDLI:P317132
M1  - 2025/9/4/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317132
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0279 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317132.
PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry (No. P317132). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317132 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317132 (Accessed: September 4, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317132},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317132},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317132
LB  - CDLI:P317132
M1  - 2025/9/4/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0279 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317132
ER  - 
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