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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

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Text

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

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.

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Identifiers

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

Provenience

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

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.--.07.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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 (063022)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12489)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-101-a)

Seals

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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“PPAC 5, 0031 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553.

PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry (No. P315553). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553},
}

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ER  -

“PPAC 5, 0031 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553.

PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry (No. P315553). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315553
LB  - CDLI:P315553
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315553
ER  -

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