PPAC 5, 0240 (P316050)

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 014629

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of barley distributed among the households of various men. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) 1(disz) <sila3> sze lugal
2. e2 {d}en-ga-ga-ta
3. 6(disz) sila3 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
4. 3(disz) sila3 e2 ur-e2-ku3-ga-ta
5. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2 ne-ni-ga-ta
6. dumu tur-tur-ra 3(disz)-kam
7. 1(disz) sila3 e2 ur-e2-ku3-ga-ta
8. 1(disz) sila3 gu2 i7 tur-tur-ra-ta
9. 1(disz) sila3 a-sza3 du6-ge6
10. 5(disz) sila3 e2 <{d}>en-ga-ga-ta
11. 5(disz) sila3 e2 ne-ni-ga-ta la2-ia3 1(disz) sila3
12. lu2-hu-rim3{ki}
13. 3(disz) sila3 e2 en-ga-ga
14. 4(disz) sila3 e2 ne-ni-ga-ta
15. ur-{d}[...] dumu gesz-a-ni
16. 2(disz) sila3 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
17. 1(disz) sila3 e2 dam-gar3-ta
reverse
1. a-tu i3-dab5
2. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2 en-ga-ga
3. 1(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 e2 ne-ni-ga-ta
4. la2-ia3 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3
5. ur-ki-gu-la
6. la2-ia3 3(ban2) ka5-a-<mu>
7. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 lu2-uszur2-bar-ra szu ba-ti
8. 3(disz) sila3 ka5-a-mu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of barley distributed among the households of various men. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316050

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 014629
Accession Number 1896-04-07, 0018

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 063495
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.14629
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0407-18

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 240

    [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 14629

    [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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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, 0240 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316050.
PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry (No. P316050). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316050 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316050 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316050},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316050},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0240 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316050.
PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry (No. P316050). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316050 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316050 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316050},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316050},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316050
LB  - CDLI:P316050
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0240 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316050
ER  -
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