PPAC 5, 0018 (P315506)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012425

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of wool distribuited to various men (weavers?). (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [a-ra2 2(disz)]-kam
2'. [...] ku3-sig17 husz-a
3'. a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
4'. ki ARAD2 dam-gar3-ta
5'. 4(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
6'. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
7'. dumu i3-kal-la-ta
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [ki-la2] tag-ga
2'. giri3 ba-zi dumu na-silim
3'. lugal#-ku3-zu en3-bi tar-re-dam
4'. [...] gur lugal
5'. [...] gur
6'. [...] gur
7'. [... ur-{d}szul-pa]-e3
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of wool distribuited to various men (weavers?). (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 18

    [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 12425

    [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


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 012425
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0037

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0018 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315506.
PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry (No. P315506). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315506 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315506 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315506},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315506
LB  - CDLI:P315506
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315506
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0018 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315506.
PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry (No. P315506). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315506 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315506 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315506},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315506
LB  - CDLI:P315506
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315506
ER  - 
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