PPAC 5, 0078 (P315686)

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 013109

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of bread distributed among various men. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2 gi
2. ugula lugal-u2-szim-e
3. 1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ninda ugula bi2-bi2
4. 4(gesz2) 3(u) ugula lu2-[...]
5. 1(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) engar-me
6. 5(disz) ur-{d}lamma aszgab
7. 5(disz) ur-{d}szul-gi tug2-du8
8. 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) lu2 hun-ga2-me
9. 9(gesz2) [...] ninda gid2 gi
10. 1(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ugula {d}lamma-di-ne
12. 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ugula bi2-bi2
13. im-du8-a-sze3 di-di
reverse
1. a-sza3 a gesztin-na

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of bread distributed among various men. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315686

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 013109
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0200

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 78

    [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 13109

    [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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:18 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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, 0078 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315686.
PPAC 5, 0078 artifact entry (No. P315686). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315686 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315686 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0078 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315686.
PPAC 5, 0078 artifact entry (No. P315686). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315686 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315686 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315686},
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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/23/
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