PPAC 5, 0156 (P315836)

Administrative tag 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 013529

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label from a tablet-basket containing tablets concerning sá-dug4 offerings to gods and rations in barley (total 2 gur) for male and female slaves, sheep and cattle. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sa2-du11 dingir-re-ne
 en: xxx
3. mu didli sze-ba geme2 kin2
 en: xxx
4. u3 sze gu4 udu gu7-a
 en: xxx
5. sze szuku-ra ensi2-ka
 en: xxx
reverse
1. giri3 nam-zi-tar-ra dumu ur-{d}lamma
 en: xxx
3. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
4. mu e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki} ba-du3-ta
 en: xxx
  sic

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label from a tablet-basket containing tablets concerning sá-dug4 offerings to gods and rations in barley (total 2 gur) for male and female slaves, sheep and cattle. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315836

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 013529
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0620

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 156

    [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 13529

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 135

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

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
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 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
2015-05-06 at 08:20:40 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, 0156 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315836.
PPAC 5, 0156 artifact entry (No. P315836). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315836 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0156 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315836 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0156 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315836.
PPAC 5, 0156 artifact entry (No. P315836). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315836 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0156 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315836 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315836},
}

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