PPAC 5, 0293 (P317783)

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 018064

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Activities in the ì-dub íd-sal4-la; 2 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u) la2 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sag-bi 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
3. ma2-ta
4. 6(asz) kiszib3 sa6-sa6-ga
5. 5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
6. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
7. 2(gesz2) 3(u) gur
8. giri3 lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3 dumu ur2-ra-dingir
9. 2(u) gur a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
10. 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
11. giri3 ba-zi
  blank space
12. szunigin 5(gesz2) 4(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze numun
15. kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum sanga uru11{ki}
16. 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
column 2
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-hur-sag dumu ma-an-sa6
2. ugula sanga {d}nansze
3. 7(asz) 4(barig) kiszib3 lu2-e2-sukud-ra2 dumu lugal-iri-da
4. ugula sanga {d}nin-dar-a
5. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) kiszib3 ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3 sa12-du5 ba-gara2
6. 5(asz) kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga sa12-du5
7. ($ blank space $) kiszib3 nam-tar-re dumu nar
8. ugula sanga {d}dumu-zi
9. 4(asz) 1(barig) kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
10. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su sza13-dub-ba
11. ugula sanga {d}ga2-tum3-du10
12. ki tul2-ta
13. 1(asz) 4(barig) kiszib3 nam-ha-ni dumu ab-ba-gi-na
14. 3(asz) kiszib3 [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 3(asz) [gur ...]
2'. ugula sanga {d}[...]
3'. 1(u) la2 5(ban2) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
4'. dumu na-ba-sa6-ga mar-sa
5'. ugula sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
  blank space
6'. szabra sanga#-me
7'. 2(u) gur {gesz}kiri6 ki-sur-ra
8'. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga nu-banda3
9'. 1(u) 5(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-iri-da mar-tu
10'. 8(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11'. kiszib3 sa6-sa6-ga
12'. 2(asz) gur kiszib3 inim-ku3
13'. mu ma-ni-sze3
14'. szunigin 4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
15'. mu-kux(DU)
16'. la2-ia3 1(u) 3(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gur
17'. nig2-ka9-ak lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
column 2
1. u3 inim-[ku3]
2. 9(gesz2) 2(asz) gur
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 2(u) gur
5. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga nu-banda3
6. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) gur sze numun-sze3
7. kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum sanga uru11{ki}
8. 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
9. ugu2 inim-ku3
10. u3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su ba-a-gar
11. zi-ga
12. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
13. i3-dub i7-sal4-la
14. iti amar-a-a-si
15. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi

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, 293

    [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 018064 (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 018064
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-16, 0027

  • 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:02 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, 0293 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317783.
PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry (No. P317783). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317783 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317783 (Accessed: February 3, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {PPAC 5, 0293 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317783},
}

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