PPAC 5, 0031 (P315553)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 012489

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for deliveries of cloth which Ur-∂Ba-BA6 received from Ur-dam. / Case: Same text as on tablet, slightly altered. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) gu2 2(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki
2. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
3. 3(disz) gin2 siki
4. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
5. ki ur-dam-ta
6. ur-{d}ba-ba6 lu2 sanga
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul!
  igi-ur
envelope
obverse
1. [3(asz) gu2] 2(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki
2. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
3. 3(asz) gu2 siki a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
4. ki ur-dam-ta
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 lu2 sanga
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
2. mu {d}amar-[{d}suen ...]
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt for deliveries of cloth which Ur-∂Ba-BA6 received from Ur-dam. / Case: Same text as on tablet, slightly altered. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 31

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Ozaki Tohru. 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 12489+A

    [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

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  • Museum No.: BM 012489
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0101

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.--.07.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004795 (composite) (P457505) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0031 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553.
PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry (No. P315553). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553 (Accessed: November 21, 2024).
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	title = {PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553},
}


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