PPAC 5, 0250 (P316507)

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 015316

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Rations for guruå; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(barig) sze lugal
2. bi2-du11-i3-sa6 nu-dab5-ba
3. ugula bi2-du11-i3-sa6
4. 3(ban2) lugal-[...]
5. ugula usz-gi-na
6. 1(barig) sze ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu i-di3-a
7. 3(ban2) ur-{d}sza-u18-sza
8. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu i-di3-a
9. 4(ban2) ($ blank space $) nu-dab5-ba
  expect personal name
10. ugula ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu ur-{d}da-mu
11. 1(barig) ur-mes
12. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu na-silim
13. 4(ban2) ur-mes
14. [4(ban2)] al-la-mu
15. dumu lugal-a-ma-ru
column 2
1. szunigin 3(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta
2. szunigin 3(disz) gurusz 4(ban2)-ta
3. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 3(ban2)-ta
4. sze-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
5. bur2-ta
6. giri3 ur-mes dumu {d}ba-ba6-GIR2@g?-gal
7. 1(barig) ur-{d}da-mu
8. 1(barig) lu2-e2-gu-la
9. ugula a-a-kal-la
10. 1(barig) ur-{d}ba-ba6 e2-sukkal
11. ugula ur-mes
12. 4(ban2) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
13. 4(ban2) ad-da-na-birx(GIR3)
14. ugula ba-sa6-ga
15. 4(ban2) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
16. 3(ban2) ur-{d}[...]
17. ugula lu2-{d}nin-szubur
18. 1(barig) szu-[|BAD3.AN|]{ki}
reverse
column 1
1. ugula szu-|BAD3.AN|{ki}
2. 4(ban2) {d}szul-pa-e3-szesz
3. ugula nam-iri-na
4. 4(ban2) lu2-{d}suen
5. ugula lu2-{d}ba-ba6
6. 1(barig) e2-gurum2-e
7. ugula lugal-ur2-ra-ni
8. 4(ban2) lu2-ti-i3-zu
9. ugula ur-{d}asar
10. 4(ban2) nam-zi-tar-ra
11. ugula nig2-sza3-ge
12. szunigin 6(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta
13. szunigin 6(disz) gurusz 4(ban2)-ta
14. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 3(ban2)
15. sze-bi 2(asz) 3(ban2) gur
16. sze-ba dah-hu
column 2
1. giri3 lugal-an-na-tum2
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi-ta
  blank space
3. sze-ba-e dah-hu e2 szim
4. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Rations for guruå; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316507

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 015316
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0042

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038879
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15316
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-42

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 250

    [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 015316 (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
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, 0250 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316507.
PPAC 5, 0250 artifact entry (No. P316507). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316507 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0250 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316507 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316507},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0250 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316507.
PPAC 5, 0250 artifact entry (No. P316507). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316507 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0250 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316507 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0250 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316507},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316507},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316507
LB  - CDLI:P316507
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0250 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316507
ER  -
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