PPAC 5, 0167 (P315904)

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 014312

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of bitumen and pitch with the names of suppliers and recipients and the ships used for transport. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
(beginning almost entirely illegible)
1'. [...] ga 4(asz) gur-kam
blank space
2'. ma2 ninda szu ti-a
3'. zi-ga
4'. 1(asz) [esir2] e2-duru5 gur
column 2
beginning broken
1'. ki lu2-{d}dumu-zi-[ta]
2'. 3(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
3'. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
4'. 4(gesz2) 7(asz) gu2 esir2 had2
5'. ki a-gi4-ta
6'. 3(gesz2) 4(u) gu2 esir2
7'. ki ur-gu2-en-na-ta
8'. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) gu2 <esir2 had2>
9'. ki sza3-bi-ta
10'. 5(u) 4(asz) gu2 esir2 had2
11'. ki lu2-ki-nu-nir{ki}-ta
12'. 4(gesz2) 4(asz) gu2 esir2 had2
13'. ki ur-e2-gal-ta
14'. ki dam-gar3-<ne>-ta
15'. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu sanga
16'. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 9(asz) gu2 2(u) ma-na esir2 had2
17'. [szunigin ...] gu2 esir2 a-ba-[al]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. szunigin [...]
2'. sza3-bi-[ta]
3'. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) [...]
4'. 1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) esir2 [... gur]
5'. 2(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) [sila3 ...]
6'. giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim
7'. 1(asz) 3(barig) esir2 e2-duru5 giri3 usz-sa6-ga
8'. szu ti-a ma2-gur8 lugal
9'. 8(asz) gur-kam
10'. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) gu2 esir2 had2
11'. 5(asz) gu2 esir2 a-ba-al hur-sag
12'. 9(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) esir2 e2-duru5 gur
13'. 3(barig) i3 ku6
14'. szu ti-a ma2 a e3-a 8(asz) gur-kam
15'. 8(gesz2) 1(u) gu2 esir2 had2
16'. 2(gesz2) gu2 esir2 hur-sag
17'. 5(asz) 3(ban2) esir2 e2-duru5 gur
18'. [...] du
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. nig2-ka9-ak
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
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Record of bitumen and pitch with the names of suppliers and recipients and the ships used for transport. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 167

[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 14312

[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 014312
Accession No.: 1896-04-06, 0010

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
Alternative Years:
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-03-13 at 21:47:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	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 (063347) (063347)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0406-10) (W_1896-0406-10)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0167 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315904.

PPAC 5, 0167 artifact entry (No. P315904). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315904 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0167 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315904 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0167 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315904.

PPAC 5, 0167 artifact entry (No. P315904). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315904 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0167 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315904 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0167 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315904},
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