PPAC 5, 0261 (P317045)

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 015790

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for men and animals; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(ban2) ama-nig2-du10
2. 3(ban2) szu-im-mi-ni
3. 1(barig) 2(ban2) li-bur-za-ni-ni
4. 5(ban2) szu-im-bi
5. 3(ban2) ti-al-bi2-du11
6. zahx(|A.HA|)-a ne-ga-ru-ni
7. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-a-na
8. 4(ban2) hu-ha
9. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 a-li2-a-li2
10. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}<lamma>-ama-mu
11. [... {d}suen-dan]
12. 2(ban2) geme2!-{gesz}gigir!
13. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 a-ba-{d}ba-ba6-[gin7]
14. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}nansze#-ama-mu
15. zah3 a-li2-[id]
16. ($ blank space $) ha-ti-[...]
17. zah3 <{d}>ba-ba6-da-nu-me-a
18. zah3 be-li2-kar3-[ri]
19. zah3 nin!-{d}lamma
20. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}dumu-zi
21. 2(ban2) {d}nanna-ta-lu2
22. 1(barig) ur-mes lu2 azlag2
23. zahx(|A.HA|)-a lugal-unu{ki}-sze3
24. 1(barig) 1(ban2) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
25. 2(ban2) {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
column 2
1. ($ blank space $) lu2-{gesz}gigir
2. 1(barig) lugal-u2-szim-e
3. 1(barig) igi-{d}nanna-[sze3]
4. 1(barig) 1(ban2) igi-an-sze3
5. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}nansze-kam
6. ($ blank space $) {d}szu-<{d}>suen-ha-[ma]-ti
7. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ba-an-sa6
8. 1(barig) szesz!-kal-la
9. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 1(barig) 1(ban2) ninda {d}iszkur-il-[la-at]
10. 2(ban2) [...]
11. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]-dam
12. 3(ban2) [...] 5(disz) sila3 a-ba-[...]
13. 1(barig) zi3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]
14. 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 a-li2-<id>
15. [...] ha-ti-[...]
16. zah3# {d}ba-ba6-da-[nu-me-a]
17. 1(barig) [...]
18. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]
19. zah3 [{d}nin-gir2-su-ka-bi2-<du11>]
20. zah3 {d}nin-[gir2-su-gu2-gal]
22. zah3 kur-ba-dim2-alan
23. zah3 nin-di-ku5
24. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ur-al-la
25. 1(barig) 2(ban2) a2-<u2>-mu
reverse
column 1
1. zahx(|A.HA|)-a ti-ha-ma-ti
2. zahx(|A.HA|)-a szu-esz18-dar
3. 1(barig) 1(ban2)? geme2-{d}nansze
4. 1/3(disz) <sila3> ninda {d}ba-ba6-iri-mu
5. 1(ban2) ba-gara2-zi-mu
6. zahx(|A.HA|)-a {d}iszkur-ti
7. zahx(|A.HA|)-a u2-ama-giri3
8. ($ blank space $) lum-lum-za
9. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ur-sukkal
10. 4(ban2) a-hu-du10
11. zahx(|A.HA|) mu-tum-an
12. ($ blank space $) kal-la-mu
13. zahx(|A.HA|) nin-lu2-ni-nu-siki
14. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 pa4-pa4
15. 2(ban2) ama-kal-la
16. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
17. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ku3-ga-ni
18. 1/3(disz) ninda du11-ga-ni-zi
19. 1/3(disz) ninda usz-bar
20. 5(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur sze-ba
21. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}utu?-gi-ma-asz
22. 1(asz) ninda gur 1(barig) 2(ban2) kasz
23. nin-ba-tuku
24. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz
25. gu3-de2-a
column 2
1. 2(ban2) [...]
2. 2(ban2) [...]
3. 1(barig) sze diri
4. 1(barig) szu-{d}szul-gi
5. 1(barig) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
6. 2(barig) amar gu4
7. 2(ban2) amar dusu2
8. 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur sa2-du11
blank space
9. sze a-sza3 ti-ra-asz2
10. iti mu-szu-du7
11. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2

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
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for men and animals; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 261

[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 2, BM 015790 (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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015790
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0010

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.09.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (039114)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15790)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-10)

Notes

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“PPAC 5, 0261 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317045.

PPAC 5, 0261 artifact entry (No. P317045). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317045 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0261 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317045 (Accessed: April 28, 2024).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317045},
}

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