PPAC 5, 0044 (P315602)

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 012559

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of rations in beer, flour (or bread) and oil issued to 20 royal guardsmen and 1 other official, also with one additional sheep for offering. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du
2. 3(barig) 1(ban2) dabin
3. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
4. u4 2(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
5. {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 ugula-gesz2
6. 2(u) aga3-us2 lugal 1(ban2) dabin-ta
reverse
1. [...]
2. ansze-[edin?]-na dab5-de3 gen-na
3. 1(disz) udu
4. 1(disz) dug dida du
5. 3(ban2) zi3 dub-dub
6. 2(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
7. nig2 siskur2-ra
8. giri3 {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
left
1. iti mu-szu-du7

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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    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (List of rations in beer, flour (or bread) and oil issued to 20 royal guardsmen and 1 other official, also with one additional sheep for offering. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 44

    [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 12559

    [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 012559
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0171

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.09.00, 00.00.09.19
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  • Accounting Period: 00.00.09.00 to 00.00.09.19

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
2017-02-23 at 11:17:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:18 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI 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, 0044 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315602.
PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry (No. P315602). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315602 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315602 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315602},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315602},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315602
LB  - CDLI:P315602
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315602
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0044 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315602.
PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry (No. P315602). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315602 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315602 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315602},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315602},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315602
LB  - CDLI:P315602
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315602
ER  -
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