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PPAC 5, 0029 (P315520)

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 012439a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of increase and decrease in cattle of a herd. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) ab2 [...]
blank space
2'. mu-kux(DU)
3'. 8(disz) ab2 1(disz)
4'. 3(disz) ab2 2(disz)
5'. 1(disz) gu4 2(disz)
6'. zi-ga
7'. 2(disz) gu4 2(disz)
reverse
1. zi-ga
2. 7(disz) ab2 mah2
3. 1(disz) gu4 ab2
4. 4(disz) amar
5. ri-ri-ga
rest broken

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
This artifact is composed of fragments.
Condition Description:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Record of increase and decrease in cattle of a herd. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 29

[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 1, BM 12439A

[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

catalogue entry

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012439a
Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0051a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

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Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

P315519P315519

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“PPAC 5, 0029 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520.

PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry (No. P315520). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520 (Accessed: April 6, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520},
}

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ER  -

“PPAC 5, 0029 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520.

PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry (No. P315520). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520 (Accessed: April 6, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315520
LB  - CDLI:P315520
M1  - 2025/4/6/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0029 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315520
ER  -

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