PPAC 5, 0138 (P315791)

Administrative tag 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 013446

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba LAbel from a tablet-basket whiche contained tablets concerning a reed-cart and wages for mar-sa workers. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan#-[dub-ba]
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. [nig2]-ka9#-[ak]
 en: accounts
3. esir2 gesz-gi [...]
 en: bitumen, reeds
4. u3 a2
 en: and wages
5. mar-sa
 en: (for) the shipyard
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here
2. mu gu-za ba-dim2
 en: year: "a throne (for Enlil) was made"

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba LAbel from a tablet-basket whiche contained tablets concerning a reed-cart and wages for mar-sa workers. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315791

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 013446
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0537

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 063254
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0328-537

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 138

    [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 13446

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 248

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

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
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-08 at 12:18:02 Chóliz, Guillermo Translation Chóliz, Guillermo Lafont, Bertrand 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
2015-05-06 at 08:20:39 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:58:36 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, 0138 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315791.
PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry (No. P315791). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315791 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315791 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315791},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315791},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0138 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315791.
PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry (No. P315791). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315791 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315791 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315791},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315791},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315791
LB  - CDLI:P315791
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0138 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315791
ER  -
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