PPAC 5, 0181 (P315924)

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 014356

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Record of rations in beer for various messengers. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz {d}[...] lu2 kas4
2. ma2 gesz-i3-ka-[da? ...] gen-na
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz bi2-bi2 lu2 kas4
4. szuszin{ki}-ta gen-na
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz sza3-iri
6. 1(disz) dug dida kaskal-sze3
7. puzur4-gu3-de2-a lu2 kas4
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz
9. {d}nanna-dalla lu2 kas4
reverse
1. szuszin{ki}-ta gen-na
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz sza3-iri
3. 1(disz) dug dida kaskal-sze3
4. lugal-mas-su2 lu2 kas4
5. szuszin{ki}-ta gen-na
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz
7. sza3-ta-ku3-zu ra2-gaba
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz lugal-nam-zi-tar-ra
  sic sukkal
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz s,e-bi u4-da-tusz
10. szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz i-pa2-li2-is lu2 kas4
12. szuszin{ki}-ta gen-na
left
1. iti szu-numun

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text Record of rations in beer for various messengers. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 181

    [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 14356

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 014356
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-06, 0054

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:54:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-10 at 14:15:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0181 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315924.
PPAC 5, 0181 artifact entry (No. P315924). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315924 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0181 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315924 (Accessed: June 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0181 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315924},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315924},
}

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