PPAC 5, 0245 (P316487)

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 015293

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Text about barley, beer-bread, malt; nì-ka9-ak ka-lá ∂Utu-bar-ra, months iii-v; 6 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
2'. ki nam-mah-ta
3'. 4(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
4'. ki lu2-bi-mu-ta
5'. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
6'. sze bala-bi 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) gur
7'. ki lugal-sa6-ga-ta
8'. szunigin 4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(u) gin2 sze gur
9'. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
10'. sza3-bi-ta
11'. 4(asz) 1(barig) imgaga3 gur
12'. 4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) kasz 4(ban2) gur
13'. [...] 4(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
14'. [n] 2(ban2) kasz du gur
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. iti [...]
2'. 1(barig) kasz [...]
3'. 5(gesz2) 5(u) imgaga3# [gur]
4'. 4(ban2) szim [saga]
5'. 2(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
6'. x? szu-a-gi-na aga3-us2 kas4-ke4-ne
7'. 9(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
8'. 2(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
9'. 8(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 szim gaz gur
10'. 2(asz) 4(barig) szim saga gur
11'. 9(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
12'. 1(asz) ba-ba munu4 gur
13'. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) munu4 gur
14'. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. szim [...]
2'. kiszib3 en {d}[...]
3'. sza3 nibru{ki}
4'. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) kasz saga gur
5'. 1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) kasz du gur
6'. 9(disz) sila3 szim gaz
7'. x? szu-a-gi-na
8'. 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szim gur
9'. 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szim <saga?> gur
10'. 1(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
11'. zi-ga nig2-[...]
reverse
column 1
1. 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 [...] gur
2. 1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
3. 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
4. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
5. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szim gaz
6. 3(ban2) szim saga
7. 3(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga
8. a [...] ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
9. [sza3] uri5[{ki}-ma]
10. zi-ga
  rest broken
column 2
1. szunigin 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(barig) gur
2. sze bala-bi 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
3. szunigin 4(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) kasz 4(ban2) gur
4. szunigin 4(asz) 2(barig) imgaga3 gur
5. sze bala-bi [...]
6. szunigin 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 [szim] al-gaz gur
7. szim bala-bi [...] 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
8. szunigin [...]
  (rest illegible)
column 3
1. szunigin 4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 [...] gin2 sze gur
2. zi-ga-am3
3. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur
  blank space
4. nig2-ka9-ak ka-la2-a
5. {d}utu-bar-ra dub-sar kasz
6. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4-ta
7. iti munu4-gu7-sze3
8. iti 3(disz)-kam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Text about barley, beer-bread, malt; nì-ka9-ak ka-lá ∂Utu-bar-ra, months iii-v; 6 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.35.03.00 to Šulgi.35.05.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316487

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 015293
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0019

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038864
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15293
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-19

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 245

    [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 2, BM 015293 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo Heinrich Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-02-21 at 09:28:30 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, 0245 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316487.
PPAC 5, 0245 artifact entry (No. P316487). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316487 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0245 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316487 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316487},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0245 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316487.
PPAC 5, 0245 artifact entry (No. P316487). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316487 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0245 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316487 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316487},
}


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