PPAC 5, 0277 (P317103)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015846

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oil for a throne and 13 persons, gìr ∂Íára-ì-åa6 (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) da-gam-ni-pa
2. bar-ra-an
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za
4. 1(disz) lu2 en
5. 1(disz) lu2 geme2-ba
6. 1(disz) lu2 me-e2-zi-ta
7. 1(disz) lu2 da-da szabra
8. 1(disz) lu2 nin-zi-lagab
9. 1(disz) lu2 sanga?-{d}nin
11. [1(disz)] lu2 me-wu-zu
12. [1(disz)] lu2 geme2-{d}nun-gal
reverse
1. [1(disz)] lu2 du11-ga-dingir
2. [1(disz)] lu2 ga-esz8
3. [1(disz)] gin2 {gesz}gigir
  blank space
5. zi-ga
6. {d}szara2-i3-sa6

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Oil for a throne and 13 persons, gìr ∂Íára-ì-åa6 (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 277

    [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 015846 (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.

  • history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 28

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 60

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015846
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0066

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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, 0277 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317103.
PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry (No. P317103). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317103 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317103 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0277 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317103},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P317103},
}

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