PPAC 5, 0304 (P317962)

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 018288

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley attribution to several households in Lagaå; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] 2(u) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 <gur> lugal
2. [ur]-mes
3. [...] 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 3(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
4. [5/6(disz)] gin2 1(disz) sze ku3
5. [...]-{d}en-ki
6. [...] 4(gesz2) 2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur
7. [nig2]-u2-rum
8. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
9. 2(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
10. muszen-du3 u3 a!-igi#-du8-me
11. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 gur
12. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki} nigin6{ki}
13. 8(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
14. e2 {d}szul-gi
column 2
1. e2 nam-ha-ni
2. u3 e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
3. 5(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
4. gu2 i7 pirig-gin7-du
5. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
6. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
7. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
8. sze ur5-ra engar
9. szunigin 1(asz) guru7 4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 <gur>
reverse
column 1
1. szunigin 5/6(disz) gin2 1(disz) [sze ku3]
2. sze-bi 4(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3
column 2
1. [mu ki]-masz{ki} ba-hul

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:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley attribution to several households in Lagaå; 4 col. (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 304

    [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 018288 (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 018288
  • Accession No.: 1894-12-22, 0005

  • 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
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-10-15 at 08:43:09 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, 0304 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317962.
PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry (No. P317962). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317962 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317962 (Accessed: September 18, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317962},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317962},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0304 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317962.
PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry (No. P317962). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317962 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317962 (Accessed: September 18, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317962},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317962},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317962
LB  - CDLI:P317962
M1  - 2025/9/18/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0304 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317962
ER  - 
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