PPAC 5, 0058 (P315655)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012859

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of the issue of a chair to Lú-∂Ba-BA6/Ú, the chief courier (ugula kas4), of 5 pairs (?) of sandals to Iå-ti-a s. of Lugal-sukkal, the chief of the courier, etc., all drawn from the palace. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [uruda ...]
2. ur-lu5
3. mu10-us2-sa bur-za3-esz lu-lu-bu-um
4. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 maszkim
5. 5(disz) {kusz}e-sir2 e2-ba-an
6. isz-ti-a
7. dumu lugal-sukkal maszkim
8. 1(asz) gu2 siki
reverse
1. be-li2-i3-lum nar
2. ur-{d}utu maszkim
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za uruda
4. szu-{d}suen lu2 ha-an-bil-lum
5. er3-re-eb maszkim
6. 2(u) ma-na siki
7. [lu2]-{d}nansze
8. lu2-sa6-ga maszkim
9. zi-ga erin-da

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of the issue of a chair to Lú-∂Ba-BA6/Ú, the chief courier (ugula kas4), of 5 pairs (?) of sandals to Iå-ti-a s. of Lugal-sukkal, the chief of the courier, etc., all drawn from the palace. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315655

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 012859
Accession Number 1896-03-26, 0051

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 063125
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0326-51

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 58

    [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 12859

    [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

  • history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 9

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 36

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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
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, 0058 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315655.
PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry (No. P315655). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315655 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315655 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315655},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0058 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315655.
PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry (No. P315655). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315655 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315655 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315655},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315655
LB  - CDLI:P315655
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315655
ER  -
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