PPAC 5, 0258 (P316630)

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 015371

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of grain delivered by Íeå-kal-la among various men (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim
3. 6(asz) sze <gur> szesz-kal-la
4. sza3-bi-ta
5. 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze 3(barig) ziz2 sze-ba [...]
6. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2 mu lugal-si-im-sze3
7. 3(ban2) ziz2 sza3 x? ziz2 sze pa
8. sze-ba ur-{d}lamma
9. 3(ban2) sze ku-li
10. 4(ban2) dub-sar
11. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze 2(barig) ziz2 lugal-dumu-gi7
12. 4(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu {d}nansze-kam
reverse
1. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ziz2 dam nin-[...]
2. 3(ban2) ziz2 ur-{d}nansze
3. 4(barig) 4(ban2) ziz2 lu2-{d}dumu-zi
4. 3(ban2) ziz2 ur-{d}nin-szubur
5. a-sza3 lu2-{d}ig-alim
6. 4(ban2) sze 3(barig) 1(ban2) ziz2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
7. [...] 3(ban2) sze 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 <gur>
8. ab-ba-gi-na
9. 4(ban2) sze ur-{d}[...]
10. 1(asz) 1(ban2) sze [...]-da
11. 1(barig) sze ug3-IL2
12. 2(barig) szu-ku6 ka-ka
13. [...] nin? ur-{d}nansze
14. [...]
15. [...]
left
1. [n] sze ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-[...]
2. [n] 1(ban2) ziz2 i3
  sic
3. [...] iti sze-sag11-ku5

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of grain delivered by Íeå-kal-la among various men (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P316630

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 015371
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0097

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038911
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15371
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-97

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 258

    [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 2, BM 015371 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo Heinrich Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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, 0258 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316630.
PPAC 5, 0258 artifact entry (No. P316630). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316630 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0258 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316630 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316630},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0258 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316630.
PPAC 5, 0258 artifact entry (No. P316630). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316630 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0258 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316630 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0258 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316630},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316630},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P316630
LB  - CDLI:P316630
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0258 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316630
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