PPAC 5, 0063 (P315674)

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 012955

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of barley issued to various men. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz) sze gur lugal
2. lugal-sa6-ga ab2
3. 8(asz) [he2]-ti ab2
4. 8(asz) [dingir]-sa6-ga udu
5. 2(asz) [su11]-ka3-li
6. 2(asz) lugal-a-ma-ru
7. 3(asz) [...]-ga udu
8. 1(asz) nin-tu udu
blank space
9. dingir-sa6-ga szu ba-ti
10. 1(u) ur-{d}ba-ba6 2(disz) ansze
11. 4(asz) nimgir-sza3-kusz2 ansze
12. 4(asz) sza3-gu2 ansze
13. 2(asz) sirara6
14. 1(asz) ba-lu5-lu5
15. 3(asz) ur-sa6-ga ansze
16. 3(asz) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da ansze
17. 2(u) 2(asz) [...]-da-[...]
reverse
1. 6(asz) ur-{d}[szul]-pa-[e3]
2. lugal-sa6-ga szu ba-ti
3. 3(barig) lu2-me-lam2
4. 3(barig) lugal-ki-ag2
5. 3(barig) ur-sa6-ga
6. 1(asz) 2(barig) ug3-IL2
7. 1(asz) 2(barig) {d}nin-gal-e-i3-zu
8. engar-me
9. 3(barig) ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
10. 3(barig) lu2-{d}suen
11. 1(barig) lu2-uru11{ki}
12. 2(asz) ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
13. 1(asz) ab-ba-mu
14. 1(asz) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
blank space
15. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) gur
16. zi-ga
17. i3-dub da-ki szu-ku6-ta
18. giri3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
19. gur-bi 2(disz) sila3 [...] 2(ban2)
20. iti sze-sag11-ku5

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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Record of barley issued to various men. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 63

[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 12955

[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 012955
Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0046

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.11.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	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 (063133) (063133)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-46) (W_1896-0328-46)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0063 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315674.

PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry (No. P315674). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315674 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315674 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315674},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315674},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0063 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315674.

PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry (No. P315674). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315674 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315674 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315674},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315674},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315674
LB  - CDLI:P315674
M1  - 2026/4/2/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0063 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315674
ER  -