PPAC 5, 0306 (P317966)

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 018294

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditure of beer and flour in Guabba; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(ban2) kasz saga lugal
2. 3(ban2) kasz du
3. 1(barig) ninda u4
4. 1(barig) ninda mar
5. u4 1(disz)-kam
6. 5(ban2) kasz du
7. u4 2(disz)-kam
8. 2(barig) zi3 gu saga
9. 3(barig) zi3 gu us2
10. 4(barig) 5(ban2) dabin
11. 3(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga
12. 2(ban2) ba-ba munu4 saga
13. 1(disz) sila3 i3 {gesz}gigir apin
14. ma2-a gar-ra
15. giri3 {d}utu-ba-e3
16. sukkal-mah
17. 1(disz) kasz dida du
18. 1(ban2) zi3 1(u) gin2 i3
19. puzur4-{d}szul-gi
20. 1(disz) kasz dida du
21. 1(ban2) zi3 1(u) gin2 i3
22. dingir-da-an
column 2
1. 3(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 1(disz) kasz dida saga
3. 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
4. al-la-mu
5. dumu ensi2 gu2-du8-<a>{ki}
6. 1(disz) kasz dida du
7. 2(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3 gu
8. 1(u) gin2 i3
9. lu2-du10-ga dumu a-hu-a
10. 2(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3
11. lu2-{d}en-ki dumu lugal-ad-da
12. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
13. 1(u) gin2 i3
14. lu2-{d}en-ki [...]
15. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) [sila3 zi3]
16. lukur-la-ga-[...]
17. 2(disz) sila3 zi3 i-[...]
reverse
column 1
1. sza3 en-nu-[ga2-me?]
2. 8(disz) sila3 zi3 sipa-[...]
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz mar-[...]
4. 1(ban2) kasz 6(disz) sila3 [zi3]
5. ur-{d}szul-gi-[ra]
6. u3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 [...]
7. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 [...]
8. 1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) zi3
9. 1(u) gin2 i3
10. i-tarx(DAR3)-ki-li2 lu2 {d}szul-gi-kalam-me-te9-bi
11. 3(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
12. 1(disz) sila3 i3
13. lu2-{d}nanna
14. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
15. sagi-bi 5(disz)
16. 3(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
17. 1(disz) sila3 i3
18. ur-ma-ma lu2 bu3
19. 3(disz) kasz dida du
20. 3(ban2) zi3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
21. lu2 kas4-me
column 2
1. giri3 ur-dun mar-tu
2. 1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) zi3
3. 1(u) gin2 i3
4. lu2-sukkal-an-ka dumu na-silim
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) zi3 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
6. szu-e3-a szesz sukkal-mah
7. 1(ban2) zi3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re szusz3
8. 1(disz) kasz dida 1(ban2) zi3
9. ne-ti-ti sukkal
10. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze {ansze}kunga2 ha-la-{d}lamma
11. szunigin 1(barig) 5(ban2) kasz saga lugal
12. szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 kasz du gur
13. szunigin 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
14. szunigin 3(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga
15. szunigin 2(ban2) ba-ba munu4
16. szunigin 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3 [...]
17. zi-ga u4 [...]-kam sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
18. giri3 sukkal-mah
19. mu si-mu-ur4-um{ki} lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Expenditure of beer and flour in Guabba; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317966

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 018294
Accession Number 1894-12-22, 0011

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039882
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.18294
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1222-11

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 306

    [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 018294 (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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:54:59 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:23 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI 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, 0306 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317966.
PPAC 5, 0306 artifact entry (No. P317966). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317966 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0306 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317966 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0306 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317966.
PPAC 5, 0306 artifact entry (No. P317966). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317966 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0306 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317966 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317966},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317966},
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