PPAC 5, 0336 (P318562)

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 019063

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for several fields; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... gur] lugal
2. <sze> gesz e3-a
3. 5(asz) 2(barig) gur
4. [sze] kar-ra u3 [sze] e2 kiszib3-ba
5. [2(u) 4(asz)] gur
6. [sze-ba] ug3-IL2 [u3?] he2-dab5
7. [...] sze ab-su13-na
8. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 6(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) gur
9. sza3-bi-ta
10. 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) gur
column 2
1. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) ziz2 gur
2. i3-dub a-sza3 gi-dah-ha
3. 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
4. i3-dub a-sza3 gibil
5. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
6. i3-dub a-sza3 ad-da
7. 9(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) gur
8. i3-dub uru11{ki}
9. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) gur
10. i3-dub sa6-ga tur
11. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) gur
12. i3-dub sza3 uru11?{ki}
13. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) gur
reverse
column 1
1. i3-dub a-sza3 a-duh-[...] i7-da
2. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) gur
3. i3-dub a-sza3 {d}nin-sun2
4. i3-dub bala-a
5. giri3 na-bi2-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal
6. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur
7. i3-dub e2-duru5 {d}nansze
8. i3-dub nu-bala
9. 2(u) 4(asz) sze-ba ug3-IL2
column 2
1. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) gur
2. i3-dub bala-a
3. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur
4. i3-dub nu-bala-a
5. szunigin 2(u) 4(asz) sze-ba ug3-IL2
6. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) gur
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. [szunigin] 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
9. [...] i3-dub
10. [szunigin] 6(asz)! sze ab-su13-na
11. [...] sze gesz-e3
12. [e2?] {d}nansze
13. [...]{ki}
14. [...]-bi

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, 336

    [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 019063 (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 019063
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-12, 0041

  • 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 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-10-15 at 08:43:10 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:47:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:26 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, 0336 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318562.
PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry (No. P318562). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318562 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318562 (Accessed: May 31, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318562},
}


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