PPAC 5, 0119 (P315741)

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 013359

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Tally of 63 guruå-men and 5 spade-men under Ur-∂Ba-BA6, and of 3 hired guruå-men; also issue of 5 bán of beans each to Lugal-ka-gi-na and É-gi-sa. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 3(asz) gurusz 5(disz) al sar-ta
2. ur-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5
3. 3(disz) gurusz dingir-dumu-zi
4. lu2 hun-ga2-me
5. 5(ban2) gu4 lugal-inim-gi-na
6. 5(ban2) e2-gi-sa6
reverse
1. 5(ban2) iti-[da]
2. 4(asz) lugal-[...]
3. 5(asz) ur-[...]
4. u4 1(u)-kam
5. a-sza3 u2-szi-bur-ra
6. iti szu-numun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Tally of 63 guruå-men and 5 spade-men under Ur-∂Ba-BA6, and of 3 hired guruå-men; also issue of 5 bán of beans each to Lugal-ka-gi-na and É-gi-sa. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315741

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 013359
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0450

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 119

    [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 13359

    [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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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, 0119 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315741.
PPAC 5, 0119 artifact entry (No. P315741). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315741 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0119 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315741 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315741},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0119 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315741.
PPAC 5, 0119 artifact entry (No. P315741). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315741 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0119 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315741 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315741},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315741},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P315741
M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0119 artifact entry
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