PPAC 5, 0326 (P318545)

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 019034

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley on the account of several persons; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [8(gesz2)] 8(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur lugal
2. dub nig2-ka9-ak
3. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
4. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 <gur>
5. ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
6. 4(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 4(barig)
7. ki ur-{gesz}gigir dumu ba-gi-ni-mu-ta
8. 3(u) 7(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
9. la2-ia3 su-ga
10. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga-ta
11. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
12. ki lu2-gi-na-ta
column 2
1. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 4(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
4. kiszib3 ur-nigar{gar} dumu lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 4(ban2) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur
6. kiszib3 lu2-gu-la dumu ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra
7. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur
8. kiszib3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu na-ba-sa6
9. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
reverse
column 1
1. [kiszib3 ur]-{d}isztaran
2. [dumu na]-ba-sa6
3. [...] 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur
4. kiszib3 lugal-{gesz}gigir-re dumu lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
6. giri3 ugula-ne
7. kiszib3 ur-{d}nisaba
  blank space
8. a2 geme2
9. 4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) ma2 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
10. en unu{ki}-ke4 szu du11-du11-ga
11. kiszib3 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
12. [... munu4] si-e3 gur
13. [kiszib3 ur]-{d}lamma lunga dumu ur-mes
14. [... munu4 si]-e3 gur
15. [kiszib3 lu2]-{d}ba-ba6 dumu [{d}]nansze!-kam
16. [...] munu4 si-e3 gur
17. [kiszib3 ...]
18. 6(asz) 3(barig) munu4 si-e3 gur
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. ugu2-a [ba-a-gar]
2'. 2(asz) nig2-[ar3-ra gur]
3'. a-sza3 e-du6-[...]-du ba-gu7
4'. dub bala lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu inim-{d}szara2
  blank space
5'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 7(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
6'. [szunigin ...] gur
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley on the account of several persons; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.03.00.00 to Amar-Suen.04.00.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P318545

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 019034
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0012

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 326

    [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 019034 (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 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:04 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, 0326 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318545.
PPAC 5, 0326 artifact entry (No. P318545). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318545 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0326 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318545 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318545},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0326 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318545.
PPAC 5, 0326 artifact entry (No. P318545). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318545 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0326 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318545 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0326 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318545},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318545},
}

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