PPAC 5, 0188 (P315943)

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 014380

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Order concerning delivery and removal of sheep and goats. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) ud5
2. 3(disz) masz2 sza3-du10 ($ blank space $)
3. 2(disz) masz2 sza3-du10 ur-{d}ba-ba6
4. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
5. 5(disz) ud5
6. 1(u) 5(disz) masz2 sza3-du10
7. {d}utu-sa6-ga
8. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
reverse
1. 4(disz) ud5 6(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
2. 1(u) 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 sza3-du10
3. 1(u) 1(disz) masz2-nita2 sza3-[du10]
4. ud5 u2-du-lu
5. ur-mes dumu lu2-{d}isztaran
6. gub-ba ga2-ga2-dam
7. la2-ia3-ta zi-zi-dam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Order concerning delivery and removal of sheep and goats. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315943

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 014380
Accession Number 1896-04-06, 0078

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 188

    [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 14380

    [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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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, 0188 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315943.
PPAC 5, 0188 artifact entry (No. P315943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315943 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0188 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315943 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315943},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0188 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315943.
PPAC 5, 0188 artifact entry (No. P315943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315943 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0188 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315943 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315943},
}

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