PPAC 5, 0337 (P318580)

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 019087

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Wool from sheep and lambs (im-ma) in the temple of Ningiszida in Girsu; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) udu la2-ia3
2. 4(disz) ma-na siki la2-ia3
3. 1(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
4. al-la aszgab
5. 2(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) udu
6. 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na la2-ia3
7. 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
8. nam-ha-ni szesz ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
9. 1(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
10. lu2-nimgir dumu ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3
11. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) udu
column 2
1. 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
2. lu2-ab-ba dumu lugal-za3-ge-si
3. 5(u) 4(disz) udu
4. 1(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
5. ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
6. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ma-na la2-ia3 6(disz) ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
7. sila4 udu sukkal i3-du8
8. 3(u) 2(disz) udu
9. 1(u) 2/3(disz) ma-[na]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [... siki] sila4 im-ma
2'. 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na [...]
3'. lu2-me-lam2 [u3?]
4'. ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3
5'. 1(u) 3(disz) [...] ma-na siki sila4 im-ma
6'. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
7'. e2-duru5 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
column 2
1. a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
2. la2-ia3-am3
3. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Wool from sheep and lambs (im-ma) in the temple of Ningiszida in Girsu; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P318580

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 019087
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0065

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 040577
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19087
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1012-65

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 337

    [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 019087 (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 13:32:21 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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:25 CDLI, CDLI 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, 0337 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318580.
PPAC 5, 0337 artifact entry (No. P318580). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318580 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0337 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318580 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0337 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318580.
PPAC 5, 0337 artifact entry (No. P318580). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318580 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0337 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318580 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318580},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318580},
}


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