PPAC 5, 0014 (P315503)

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 012421

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record similar to 12417. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] dumu-ni
2'. [...] lugal-mudra5
3'. dumu ur-ki-gu-la-me
4'. szu ad-da-mu
5'. [...] lu2-{d}nin-dar-a
6'. [x] ab lu2-{d}ha-ia3
7'. dumu-ni-me
8'. [...] lu2-{d}nansze
9'. [...] nimgir-inim-gi-[na] dumu-[ni]
10'. [...] lugal-inim-gi-na
11'. [...] nimgir-di-ne
12'. [...] lu2-{d}hendur-sag dumu-ni
13'. [...] sza3-ga-na
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. dumu-[ni-me]
2'. 1(asz@c) ur-[...]
3'. dumu [...]
4'. gudu4 [...]
5'. 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken

Textual annotations

#new_text=P315503 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 dumu-ni dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 3 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 lugal-mudra5 Lugalmudra[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 ur-ki-gu-la-me Urkigulame[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 7 szu szu[hand] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 ad-da-mu Addamu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 9 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 lu2-{d}nin-dar-a Lunindara[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 x _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 ab abba[elder] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 lu2-{d}ha-ia3 Luha'ia[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 dumu-ni-me dumu[son] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 15 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 lu2-{d}nansze Lunansze[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 nimgir-inim-gi-na Nimgirinimgina[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 dumu-ni dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 20 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 lugal-inim-gi-na Lugalinimgina[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 nimgir-di-ne Nimgirdine[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 lu2-{d}hendur-sag Luhendursag[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 dumu-ni dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 27 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 sza3-ga-na Szagana[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 dumu-ni-me dumu[son] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 30 1(asz@c) 1(asz@c)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 31 ur-... _[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 gudu4 gudug[priest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 35 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 1(asz@c) 1(asz@c)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 37 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record similar to 12417. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315503

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 012421
Accession Number 1895-12-14, 0033

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 14

    [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: CBT 1, BM 12421

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

    catalogue entry


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-22 at 13:41:10 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:24:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0014 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315503.
PPAC 5, 0014 artifact entry (No. P315503). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315503 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0014 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315503 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315503},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0014 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315503.
PPAC 5, 0014 artifact entry (No. P315503). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315503 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0014 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315503 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315503},
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