PPAC 5, 0025 (P315515)

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 012433

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Agricultural record with statement of areas of fields, amount of seedcorn and names of farmers (only one preserved). (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
broken
reverse
beginning broken
column 1'
1. [...] GAN2# 2(asz)
2. [...] 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)
3. [...] 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 su3
4. sze-<bi> 4(u) 3(asz) [... gur]
5. {d}utu-bar-ra engar
6. 3(gesz2) 3(u) mer hi
7. 1(gesz2) 1/2(disz) kur 1(gesz2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz)
8. 1(bur3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 ki
9. a-sza3 6(asz) 1(esze3) GAN2
10. sza3-bi-ta
11. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 3(asz) 2(barig)
12. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 3(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2)
13. 1(bur3) GAN2 2(asz) 1(barig)
14. [...] 1(asz) 3(iku) GAN2 su3
rest broken
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. 1(bur3) 3(iku) [GAN2 n gur]
2'. a-sza3 7(bur3) 1(esze3) [n GAN2]
3'. sze-bi [n gur]
4'. 3(iku) GAN2 szuku engar
5'. ($ blank space $) engar
6'. a-sza3 {d}bil3-ka
7'. GAN2-gu4 dur2-gu-za-na
8'. 3(gesz2) 4(u) mer hi
9'. 1(gesz2) 5(disz) kur 1(gesz2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) [...]
10'. 3(bur3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 bar
11'. 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 ki
12'. a-sza3 za3-GAN2
13'. sza3-bi-ta
14'. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 [...]
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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Agricultural record with statement of areas of fields, amount of seedcorn and names of farmers (only one preserved). (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 25

[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 12433

[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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012433
Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0045

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (062989) (062989)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12433) (BM.12433)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-45) (W_1895-1214-45)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0025 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315515.

PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry (No. P315515). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315515 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315515 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315515},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0025 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315515.

PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry (No. P315515). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315515 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315515 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315515},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P315515
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315515
ER  -