PPAC 5, 0166 (P315902)

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 014307

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Herd report about pasturage and keeping of cattle (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
3. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. usz2 {d}ba-ba6-ki-ni
5. usz2 ur-ba-gara2 dumu-ni
6. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) nu 4(disz) {d}utu-di-ne
8. ki ur-{d}nansze nu-banda3 kuruszda-ta
9. [kin2]-da <gub>-ba-me
10. [...]-zi-zi
11. [...]-szu-gi4-gi4
12. [...]-e2-an-na
13. [ki lu2]-{d}igi-ma-sze3 [nu-banda3 usz-bar]-ta
14. [geme2 gu4]-me
15. [...]-pa-e3
16. [...]-unu{ki}
17. [...]-da
18. [...]-zi
19. [...]-me
20. [sipa gu4] i3-dab5
21. [...]-bi
22. [...]-al
column 3
1. [...] nu ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. dumu-ni-me
3. zi lugal-inim-gi-na
4. usz2 a-a-ki-lu5
5. [...] ur-{d}su4-an-na
6. [...] lu2-{d}ba-ba6
7. dumu-ni-me
8. szu tug2 szu-da-da
9. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) lu2-[...]-ra dumu-ni
10. ki ur-{d}nansze nu-banda3 kuruszda-ta
11. kin2-da gub-ba-me
12. usz2 nam-en-na
13. ugula ur-e2-an-na
14. usz2 nam-en-na
15. ugula lugal-uszur3
16. ki lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 nu-banda3 usz-bar-ta
17. geme2 gu4-me
18. ugula ur-{d}dumu-zi
19. usz2 {d}nanna-ku3-zu
20. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}ig-alim
21. asz ur-{d}ba-ba6
22. ugula masz-tur
23. dumu ur-e2-gal lunga-me
24. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
25. usz2 ur-{d}su4-an-na
column 4
1. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) lugal-hur-re-e
2. dumu u4-ma-ni-gar-me
3. na-gab2-tum i-tar2-ki-li2
4. zi ur-e2-gal
5. zi dumu-nita2-ni
6. sza3 na-gab2-tum
7. dumu-ni-me
sic
8. kin2-da gub-ba-me
9. ugula ur-e2-gal lunga sa2-du11
10. usz2 lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu e2-u6-e
11. 1/2(disz) ur-mes
12. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}ig-alim
13. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6-me
14. 1/2(disz) ur-nig2
15. 1(asz@c) nu lu2-{d}nanna dumu-ni
16. dumu e2-u6-e
17. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
18. zi {d}utu-mu
19. ki hu-bu-sza
20. zi ur-{d}ba-ba6 hu-bu-sza
21. dumu-ni-me
22. ARAD2 si-ma-me
23. dumu-nita2 da-ba-me
24. ugula lu2-{d}nin-szubur
25. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) a-kal-la
26. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) nu {d}ba-ba6-eb2-gu-ul
27. usz2 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu-ni
28. kin2-da gub-ba-me
reverse
column 1
1. geme2 gu4-me
2. ugula a-tu sipa
3. zi ur-{d}lamma e2 {d}en-lil2-la2
4. ugula lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
6. kin2-da gub-ba-me
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7. sipa gu4-me
8. ugula lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
9. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}inanna
10. dumu szesz-kal-la
11. zi ur-tur
12. zi lu2-{d}nin-{d}su4-an-na dumu-ni
13. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
14. 1(disz) lugal-nig2-nesag-e dumu-ni
15. 1/2(disz) ha-ba-mu
16. 1(disz) an?-na-hi-li-bi dumu-ni
17. dumu ur-{d}su4-an-na
18. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
19. usz2 sza3-da-nu-szar2
20. 1/2(disz) 4(ban2) ab-ba-mu dumu-ni
21. [...]-al-la
22. [... hu]-bu-sza!
23. [kin2-da gub]-ba-me
24. [... {d}]su4-an-na
25. [...]-ba-ab-du7
26. [...]-{d}nin-szubur
27. [...]-{d}nin-mug
28. [...]-sa6-mu
29. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
30. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) ur-{d}lamma dumu ku3-sa6-ga
31. [...] nu ur-{d}ig-alim dumu-ni
32. 1/2(disz) ur-mes
33. zi lu2-{d}ba-ba6
34. ki hu-bu-sza
column 2
1. kin2-da gub-ba-me
2. usz2 dingir-tuku
blank space
erasure
3. [sipa] gu4-me
4. [ugula ...]-sa6-mu
5. usz2 da-da
6. [1/2(disz)] 4(ban2) 4(disz)! ur-{d}lamma
7. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
8. dumu a-tu-me
9. sipa gu4 i3-dab5
10. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) ur-zigum-ma
11. dumu [...]-hu-kur geme2
12. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) nu lugal-ezem dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
13. asz 2(ban2) 2(disz) nu ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni
14. 1/2(disz) 5(ban2) tug2 ur-mes
15. usz2 ur-{gesz}gigir
16. dumu lugal-dub-la2-me
17. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) ma-na dingir-dumu-zi

19. ki ur-{d}nansze nu-banda3 kuruszda-ta
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. [...]-{d}pirig dumu-ni
2'. [...] e2-gal-la-me
3'. [...-{d}]nin-gesz-zi-da
4'. [...] nu {d}x-[...]
5'. [...] ga-za-PI-me
6'. [...] ur-{d}ig-alim
7'. [...] ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
8'. usz2 gu4-[...]
rest broken

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
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Herd report about pasturage and keeping of cattle (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 166

[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 14307

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 014307
Accession No.: 1896-04-06, 0005

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (063345) (063345)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0406-5) (W_1896-0406-5)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0166 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315902.

PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry (No. P315902). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315902 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315902 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315902},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0166 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315902.

PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry (No. P315902). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315902 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315902 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315902},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315902
LB  - CDLI:P315902
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0166 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315902
ER  -