PPAC 5, 0248 (P316501)

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 015307

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of workmen listed in groups of ten; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. al-la-di
2. a-tu
3. ab-ba-iri
4. nam-mah
5. ur-{d}nansze
6. i3-kal-la
7. ur-esz3-lil2-la2
8. {d}utu-ma-an-szum2
9. ur-{d}ig-alim
10. du11-ga-ni-zi
11. ($ blank space $) 1(u)
12. al-la-di i3-dab5
13. 1(barig) ku-li
14. [1(barig)] lu2-nimgir
15. [1(barig)] ur-{d}nin-a-zu
16. [1(barig)] nimgir-di-ne
17. [1(barig)] lu2#-{gesz}gigir
18. [1(barig) ...]-{d}nin-gir2-su
19. [1(barig) ...-{d}]ba-ba6
column 2
1. ku-li i3-dab5
2. ($ blank space $) lugal-me-lam2
3. ($ blank space $) ur2-ra-ni
4. ($ blank space $) ha-du-du
5. ($ blank space $) ur-sag-ub3{ki}
6. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}iszkur
7. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}li9-si4
8. ($ blank space $) ba-zi
9. ($ blank space $) ka5-a-mu
10. ($ blank space $) na-ba-sa6
  blank space
11. lugal-me-lam2 i3-dab5
12. 1(barig) ba-zi-ge
13. tug2 lugal-amar-ku3
14. 1(barig) ur-{d}ig-alim
15. ($ blank space $) ARAD2
16. ($ blank space $) en-u2
17. tug2 ur-{d}lamma
18. ($ blank space $) al-la
19. ($ blank space $) sza3-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  (illegible, salt)

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, 248

    [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 015307 (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 015307
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0033

  • 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
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, 0248 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316501.
PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry (No. P316501). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316501 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316501 (Accessed: February 3, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {PPAC 5, 0248 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316501},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316501},
}

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