PPAC 5, 0086 (P315696)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013145

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of oxen and labourers employed on 3 fields. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 numun sanga
2. 2(disz) erin2 bala gub 3(disz) erin2 bala tusz-a
3. a-sza3 lugal-si4
4. 1(disz) gu4 numun ab-ba-sa6-ga
5. 1(disz) gu4 numun nig2-gur11-{d}ba-ba6
6. 1(disz) gu4 numun ab-ba-gi-na
7. 1(disz) gu4 numun lu2-mah sag-ub3{ki}
8. 5(disz) erin2 bala gub 5(disz) erin2 bala tusz-a
9. 1(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 uru11{ki}
10. 2(u) 6(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 sag-ub3{ki}
11. a-sza3 be6-li-ha
12. 1(disz) gu4 numun lugal-an-ne2
reverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 numun lugal-za3-ge-si
2. 1(disz) gu4 numun da-da-mu
3. 1(disz) gu4 numun ur-{d}suen
4. 1(disz) gu4 numun gesz-a-ni
5. 1(disz) gu4 numun lugal-nam2-mah!
6. 1(u) 1(disz) erin2 bala gub 1(u) 2(disz) erin2 <bala> tusz-a
7. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) gurusz lu2 hun-ga2 uru11{ki}
8. a-sza3 a-ka-sahar
9. 1(gesz2) 3(u) usz 1(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) ab-sin2 nig2-gur11 dam-gar3
10. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (List of oxen and labourers employed on 3 fields. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P315696

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 013145
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0236

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 063158
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0328-236

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 86

    [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: Borrelli diss., 02

    [Borrelli2013diss] Borrelli, Noemi. 2013. “Managing the Land: Agricultural Administration in the Province of Ĝirsu/Lagaš During the Ur III Period.” Phdthesis, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L’Orientale.

  • history: CBT 1, BM 13145

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0086 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315696.
PPAC 5, 0086 artifact entry (No. P315696). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315696 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0086 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315696 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315696},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0086 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315696.
PPAC 5, 0086 artifact entry (No. P315696). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315696 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0086 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315696 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315696},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315696},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315696
LB  - CDLI:P315696
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0086 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315696
ER  -
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