PPAC 5, 0058 (P315655)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 012859Period
Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Record of the issue of a chair to Lú-∂Ba-BA6/Ú, the chief courier (ugula kas4), of 5 pairs (?) of sandals to Iå-ti-a s. of Lugal-sukkal, the chief of the courier, etc., all drawn from the palace. (CBT 1))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [uruda ...]
2. ur-lu5
3. mu10-us2-sa bur-za3-esz lu-lu-bu-um
4. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 maszkim
5. 5(disz) {kusz}e-sir2 e2-ba-an
6. isz-ti-a
7. dumu lugal-sukkal maszkim
8. 1(asz) gu2 siki
reverse
1. be-li2-i3-lum nar
2. ur-{d}utu maszkim
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za uruda
4. szu-{d}suen lu2 ha-an-bil-lum
5. er3-re-eb maszkim
6. 2(u) ma-na siki
7. [lu2]-{d}nansze
8. lu2-sa6-ga maszkim
9. zi-ga erin-da
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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- Genre(s): Administrative (Record of the issue of a chair to Lú-∂Ba-BA6/Ú, the chief courier (ugula kas4), of 5 pairs (?) of sandals to Iå-ti-a s. of Lugal-sukkal, the chief of the courier, etc., all drawn from the palace. (CBT 1))
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PPAC 5, 58
[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.
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history: CBT 1, BM 12859
[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.catalogue entry
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history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 9
[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.
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history: AGGT, 36
[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 012859
- Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0051
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (063125) (063125)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0326-51) (W_1896-0326-51)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024PPAC,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 25},
title = {PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P315655},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315655},
}
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