PPAC 5, 0007 (P315493)

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 012411

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of collection of silver, summed up to 1 gún 36 5/6 ma-na. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [2(disz)? ma]-na# ku3-babbar
3'. [ARAD2?]-mu
4'. [mu a2]-ag2#-ga2 [si-mu]-ru#-um{ki} [lu-lu]-bu#-um{ki} a-ra2 [1(u) la2 1(disz@t)]-kam# ba-hul-a mu#-de6-a-sze3
5'. 2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
6'. s,e-lu-usz-da-gan
7'. mu a2-ag2-ga2 ur-bi2-lum{ki} hul-a mu#-de6#-a-sze3
8'. [n ma-na] ku3#-babbar#
9'. [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. lu2 bala-a [...]
3'. 1(disz) ma-na ku3-[babbar]
4'. lu2 kin-gi4-a
5'. s,e-ru-um-ma-ba
6'. 5(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
7'. ku3-pad-da
8'. giri3 ur-{d}x-[...]
9'. 1(disz) ma-na ku3#-[babbar]
10'. ur-{d}szul-pa-[e3] aga3-[us2]
11'. mu a2-ag2#-[ga2] ma-ri2{ki} hul#-[a] mu-de6#-[a-sze3]
12'. 1(disz) [ma-na ku3-babbar]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. szu ba-ab-ti# [...]
2'. lu2 lugal-ma2-[gur8-re]
3'. 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar#
4'. igi-kar2 en unu#[{ki}-ga-sze3?]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. szunigin 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of collection of silver, summed up to 1 gún 36 5/6 ma-na. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P315493

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 012411
Accession Number 1895-12-14, 0023

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 062967
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12411
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1214-23

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 7

    [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 1, BM 12411

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    catalogue entry

  • history: NABU 2013/023

    [Michalowski2013NABU23] Michalowski, Piotr. 2013. “News of a Mari Defeat from the Time of King Šulgi.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2013.

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
2023-01-21 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 09:54:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:17 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-11-29 at 12:04:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-07-16 at 17:21:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0007 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315493.
PPAC 5, 0007 artifact entry (No. P315493). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315493 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315493 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315493},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0007 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315493.
PPAC 5, 0007 artifact entry (No. P315493). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315493 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315493 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315493},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315493},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P315493
M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0007 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315493
ER  -
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