PPAC 5, 0016 (P315504)

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 012423

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory of sheeps, goats and donkeys, also allocation of fodder for them. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] sze gur
2'. masz2-bi 1(u) 5(disz)
3'. dub-sag
4'. 5(u) 8(disz) udu
5'. 4(asz) 5(ban2) gur
6'. masz2-bi 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz)
7'. egir
8'. [ur]-{d}ba-ba6 szu ba-ti
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. sza3-bi-ta
2'. 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
3'. 2(disz) ansze szu-gi4
4'. 3(u) masz2
5'. 3(disz) gin2 la2 2(u) sze x?
6'. masz2-bi 8(disz) ga2?
7'. dub-sag
8'. 1(u) 2(barig) [...] sze gur
9'. masz2-bi 3(u) [...]
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Inventory of sheeps, goats and donkeys, also allocation of fodder for them. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315504

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 012423
Accession Number 1895-12-14, 0035

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 16

    [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 12423

    [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
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
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, 0016 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315504.
PPAC 5, 0016 artifact entry (No. P315504). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315504 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315504 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315504},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0016 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315504.
PPAC 5, 0016 artifact entry (No. P315504). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315504 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315504 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315504},
}

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PY  - 2024
ID  - P315504
LB  - CDLI:P315504
M1  - 2026/10/28/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315504
ER  - 
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