PPAC 5, 0610 (P204362)

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 026965

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of fat (ì-nun ga-àr) and wool over a year)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) gin2] i3-nun gur lugal
2. sag-bi 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 gur
3. 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) ga-ar3 gur
4. i3 ab2-ba gar-ra
5. 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 i3-nun
6. 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
7. i3 masz-da-re-a
  blank space
8. i3 ab2
9. 4(asz) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
10. sag-bi 2(barig) 2/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2
11. 4(asz) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3 gur
  blank space
12. i3 ud5
13. 2(u) 9(asz) gu2 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
14. 1(gesz2) 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 us2 szar3
column 2
1. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gu2 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
2. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 6(asz) gu2 5(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
3. 5(u) 4(disz) gu2 siki tug2 guz-za us2
4. 5(u) 3(disz) gu2 5(u) 5(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 siki tug2 us2
5. siki udu gub-ba
6. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) gu2 4(u) ma-na siki <<gub>> udu ba-usz2
7. siki udu gukkal
8. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na siki
9. ba-la2
10. 1(u) 1(asz) gu2 5(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki la2-ia3
reverse
column 1
1. 3(u) 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki sila4 nu-ur4 im-ma
2. siki udu gi
3. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki gir2-gul
4. siki udu niga
5. 3(u) 7(asz) gu2 3(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
6. sag-bi 1(asz) gu2 5(u) 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) gin2
  blank space
7. szunigin 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 i3-nun gur lugal
8. szunigin 2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3 gur
column 2
1. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) gu2 3(u) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki udu gukkal
2. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 9(asz) gu2 3(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki-gi hi-a
3. szunigin 3(u) 8(asz) gu2 5(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na <1(u) 1(disz) gin2> siki-ud5
  blank space
4. nigin-ba
5. i3-nun u3 siki du-a
6. mu 1(disz)-a-kam
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen nita kal-ga lugal uri5{ki}-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4 ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of fat (ì-nun ga-àr) and wool over a year)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P204362

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026965
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054704
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.26965
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 2950
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0611-17

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 610

    [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.

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:32:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-02-13 at 09:13:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:30 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0610 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204362.
PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry (No. P204362). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204362 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204362 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204362},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204362},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0610 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204362.
PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry (No. P204362). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204362 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204362 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204362},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204362},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204362
LB  - CDLI:P204362
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0610 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204362
ER  -
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