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PPAC 5, 0194 (P315961)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014404

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory of sheep and oxen with their rations in barley and the names of their herdsmen. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [... udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta]
2. [... udu 1(disz) sila3]-ta
3. [... sze] lu2-kal-la
4. [... udu] 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta
5. [... udu] 1(disz) sila3-ta
6. 1(gesz2) [...] sila4 diri 1(disz) sila3-ta
7. 2(barig) 5(ban2)? sze ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. 6(disz) gu4 6(disz) sila3-ta
9. 1(disz) ab2 2(disz) 2(disz) sila3-ta
10. 4(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> nig2-ar3-<ra> sze-bi 3(ban2)
reverse
1. 2(barig) duh ge6
2. ($ blank space $) duh ki a-nag
3. sza3-gal gu4 ur-ba-gara2
4. szunigin 7(disz) gu4 hi-a
5. szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta
6. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta
7. szunigin 1(gesz2) sila4 diri [1(disz)] sila3-ta
8. [szunigin ...] sila3 sze <gur> lugal
9. [iti ...]
10. [mu ...] uri5#[{ki} ...]
left
1. u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam

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:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Inventory of sheep and oxen with their rations in barley and the names of their herdsmen. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 194

[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 14404

[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 014404
Accession No.: 1896-04-06, 0102

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.22
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 metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (063404) (063404)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0406-102) (W_1896-0406-102)

Notes

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CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0194 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315961.

PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry (No. P315961). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315961 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315961 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315961},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315961},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0194 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315961.

PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry (No. P315961). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315961 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315961 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315961},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315961},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P315961
M1  - 2026/2/7/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0194 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315961
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