PPAC 5, 0089 (P315702)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 013208

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for rations in barley, issued to 16 phenomen at 1 1/2 royal pan each and for 30 ox-drivers at 1 pan each. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(disz) engar 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal-ta
2. 3(u) dumu gu4 gur dumu da-ba 1(barig)-ta
3. sze-bi 1(u) 4(barig) gur
4. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag lu2 ku3-nun-ta
5. ki ba-zi-ta
6. mu lugal-za3-ge-si-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-[ra dumu lu2-ba-gara2]
2. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da-me
3. giri3 hu-u2-u2
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-dingir-[ra]
2. dumu lu2-ba-gara2
3. nu-banda3-gu4

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt for rations in barley, issued to 16 phenomen at 1 1/2 royal pan each and for 30 ox-drivers at 1 pan each. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006374 (composite) (P463998) S006374 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315702

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
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 013208
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0299

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 063164
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0328-299

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 89

    [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 13208

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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, 0089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315702.
PPAC 5, 0089 artifact entry (No. P315702). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315702 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315702 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315702.
PPAC 5, 0089 artifact entry (No. P315702). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315702 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315702 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315702},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315702
LB  - CDLI:P315702
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0089 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315702
ER  -
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