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PPAC 5, 0157 (P315837)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 013531

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of 2 groups (35 and 46 men respectively) of spade-workers (guruå al), of 2 overseers (guruå-igi-gar) and 21(?) oxen, with their rations in barley for 29 days. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz al 1(u) 5(disz) sar
2. 4(u) 6(disz) gurusz al 1(u) sar
3. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. lu2 hun-ga2-me
5. 2(u) gurusz igi apin
6. sza3-gu4-me
reverse
1. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz
2. gurumx(|IGI.ERIM|) ak
3. iti ne-ne-gar
4. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t) ba-zal
5. nu-banda3 lugal-me-lam2

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
Material: Clay
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unsealed
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Genre(s): Administrative (Record of 2 groups (35 and 46 men respectively) of spade-workers (guruå al), of 2 overseers (guruå-igi-gar) and 21(?) oxen, with their rations in barley for 29 days. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 157

[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 13531

[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013531
Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0622

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.05.29
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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-05-05 at 10:19:20	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	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 (063299)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-622)

Notes

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“PPAC 5, 0157 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837.

PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry (No. P315837). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

@misc{2023PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837},
}

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M1  - 2024/4/20/
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ER  -

“PPAC 5, 0157 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837.

PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry (No. P315837). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

@misc{2023PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315837
LB  - CDLI:P315837
M1  - 2024/4/20/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0157 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315837
ER  -

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