PPAC 5, 0045 (P315618)

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 012581

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, flour and oil ( in á-gam containers) issued to 7 couriers and carters. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. szu-{d}suen lu2 kas4
4. e2 ki-tusz-lu2-sze3 gen-na
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
6. 2(disz) i3 id-gur2
7. il-ma-zu lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-<la>
8. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
9. 2(disz) i3 id-gur2
10. szu-{d}dumu-zi lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
reverse
1. 1(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) kasz du
2. na-bi2-{d}en-lil2
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
4. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
5. i-di3-[...] lu2 kas4
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
7. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
8. szu-esz18-dar lu2 kas4
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
10. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
11. sza-<al>-mah lu2 kas4
12. sa-bu-um{ki}-ta gen-na
13. zi-ga u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
left
1. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, flour and oil ( in á-gam containers) issued to 7 couriers and carters. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315618

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 012581
Accession Number 1895-12-14, 0193

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 063087
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12581
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1214-193

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 45

    [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 12581

    [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
2014-08-24 at 12:11:08 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, 0045 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315618.
PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry (No. P315618). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315618 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315618 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315618},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0045 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315618.
PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry (No. P315618). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315618 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315618 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315618},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315618
LB  - CDLI:P315618
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0045 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315618
ER  -
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