PPAC 5, 0073 (P315680)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013088

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, flour and oil (in á-gam containers) for 4 envoys (sukkal) and4 couriers (kas4). (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) kasz du
2. na-bi2-{d}en-lil2
3. 1(ban2) kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3
4. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
5. da-da sukkal
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
7. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
8. ur-{d}da-mu sukkal
9. ma2-sze3 gen-na
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
11. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
12. a2-pi5-li2 sukkal
13. igi-nagar-da gen-na
14. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
reverse
1. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
2. szu-esz18?-dar lu2 maszkim
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
4. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
5. i-di3-er3-ra lu2 maszkim
6. a-dam-szah2{ki}-ta gen-na
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
8. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
9. ad-da-na-bi lu2 maszkim
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
11. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
12. mi-da-a lu2 kas4
13. ma2 gesz-i3-sze3 gen-na
14. 1(ban2) sze ansze gu7 da-da
15. 1(ban2) sze ansze gu7 na-bi2-{d}en-lil2
16. zi-ga u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
17. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
left
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, flour and oil (in á-gam containers) for 4 envoys (sukkal) and4 couriers (kas4). (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315680

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 013088
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0179

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 73

    [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 13088

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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
2017-08-24 at 12:01:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI 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, 0073 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315680.
PPAC 5, 0073 artifact entry (No. P315680). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315680 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0073 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315680 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315680},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0073 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315680.
PPAC 5, 0073 artifact entry (No. P315680). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315680 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0073 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315680 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315680},
}

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