PPAC 5, 0010 (P315498)

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 012416

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of field-produce. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. e2 {d}amar-{d}suen
2'. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) erin2
3'. 7(disz) ug3-IL2
4'. [...]-bi 4(disz) 2/3(disz)
5'. [...]{ki}
6'. [...] erin2
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. e2 {d}nin-gir2-[su]
2'. u3 esz3 didli [...]
3'. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) [erin2]
4'. 3(u) [ug3-IL2]
5'. e2 [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. 2(u) 6(disz) [gurusz]
3'. 2(disz) gurusz SIG7-a
4'. sza3 ki-es3-sa2[{ki}]
5'. 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz
6'. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz SIG7-a
7'. sza3 ki-nu-nir[{ki}]
8'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) gurusz
9'. 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz SIG7-a
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [sza3] gu2-ab-ba{ki}
2'. [...] 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz
3'. [sipa] udu gukkal-me
4'. 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz
5'. <sza3> gir2-su{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of field-produce. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315498

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 012416
Accession Number 1895-12-14, 0028

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 062972
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12416
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1214-28

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 10

    [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 12416

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

    catalogue entry

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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:17 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, 0010 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315498.
PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry (No. P315498). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315498 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315498 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315498},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315498
LB  - CDLI:P315498
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315498
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0010 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315498.
PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry (No. P315498). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315498 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315498 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315498},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315498
LB  - CDLI:P315498
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0010 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315498
ER  -
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