PPAC 5, 0267 (P317054)

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 015803

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Butter, milk and cheese produced at Kinunir; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun
2. 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki ge6
3. si-i3-tum mu ma2-gur8-mah
4. 3(ban2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
5. sag-bi [...]
6. 4(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na [siki]
7. sag-bi 2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
8. 2(ban2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
9. 5/6(disz) sila3 [i3] 2/3(disz) sila3 ga
10. [iti] izi la2 u4 6(disz)-kam
11. sza3-bi-ta
12. [...] sila3 i3 1(ban2) 8(disz) ($ blank space $)
13. [...] ma-na siki [...]
14. [...] ga-ar3
column 2
1. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
2. kiszib3 lu2-{d}szul-gi
3. 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}er3-<<an-szi>>-ra
5. 3(ban2) 3(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3
6. 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ga
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. la2-ia3 1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3
9. la2-ia3 1(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
10. la2-ia3 5(u) ma-na siki!
11. lu2-kisal
12. 4(barig) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
13. 3(u) [...] ma-na siki
14. si-i3-tum
15. 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
16. sag-bi 2/3(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2
17. 3(u) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki
18. sag-($ blank space $)
reverse
column 1
1. kiszib3 [...]
2. 2(u) ma-na siki
3. ba-ri2-ga siki
4. kiszib3 ur-mes kuruszda
5. 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na <siki>
6. kiszib3 ba-an-da-[ku4]
7. ($ blank space $) mu-kux(DU)
8. la2-ia3 2(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3
9. la2-ia3 5(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
10. la2-ia3 1(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki
11. szesz-kal-la
12. 2(ban2) i3
13. sag-bi 5/6(disz) sila3
14. 2(ban2) ga-ar3
15. 3(u) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na <siki>
16. sag-bi 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na ($ blank space $)
column 2
1. [...] sila3 i3
2. [...]
3. sa2-du11 ba-gara2
4. u4 4(disz)-kam
5. 3(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 <i3> ma-na 5(disz) gin2 siki
  sic
6. [...] ka nu-ra
7. [...] lu2-ba-gara2
8. mu-kux(DU)
9. la2-i3 3(disz) sila3 i3
10. la2-ia3 3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
11. lu2-{d}dumu-zi
12. [...] sipa udu-me
13. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}-ta
  sic
14. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Butter, milk and cheese produced at Kinunir; 4 col. (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 267

    [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 015803 (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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 015803
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0023

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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, 0267 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317054.
PPAC 5, 0267 artifact entry (No. P317054). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317054 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0267 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317054 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
@misc{2023PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0267 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317054},
}


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