PPAC 5, 0318 (P318015)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 018364

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of millstones in the mill, gìr Ur-Igalim son of Uråaga the fattener; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
2. 4(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
3. 2(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu-gi4
4. 1(disz) {na4}<kin2> zi3-sze3
5. e2 iri-lal3
6. 1(u) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
7. 3(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
8. 1(disz) {na4}<kin2> zi-ra
9. e2 ur-sa6-ga
10. [...] {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
11. [...] {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
12. [...] {na4}kin2 szu-gi4 szu se3-ga
rest broken
column 2
1. 1(u) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
2. 5(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
3. 1(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-gi4
4. e2 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
5. 1(u) 1(disz) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
6. 1(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu nu-tuku
7. 1(disz) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu nu-tuku
blank space
8. e2 ur-nig2
9. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a i3-dab5
10. 3(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga
11. e2 usz-bar
12. 3(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
13. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
14. 5(disz) {na4}<kin2> zi3-sze3 szu-gi4
15. 1(disz) {na4}<kin2> szu-gi4
16. e2 ur-dun
17. 8(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga
18. 3(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
reverse
column 1
1. [n] 2(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-gi4
2. e2 na-silim
3. 1(u) 1(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga
4. 2(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu nu-tuku
5. 5(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-gi4 szu nu-tuku
6. e2 ur-nigar{gar}
7. lu2-kal-la i3-dab5
8. 2(u) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga
9. 6(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
10. 2(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu-gi4
11. 4(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-gi4 szu se3-ga
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12. e2 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da u3 lu2-gu-la
13. 8(disz) {na4}kin2 a2-da bar szu se3-ga
14. 5(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
15. 3(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-gi4 szu se3-ga
16. e2 lu2-igi-sa6-sa6
17. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a i3-dab5
column 2
beginning broken
1'. szunigin 3(u) 7(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
2'. szunigin 3(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu nu-tuku
3'. szunigin 2(gesz2) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga
4'. szunigin 6(disz) {na4}kin2 szu nu-tuku
5'. szunigin 8(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-ra
6'. szunigin 1(u) {na4}kin2 zi3-sze3
blank space
7'. {na4}kin2 szid-da
8'. sza3 e2 kikken2 gibil
9'. giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim
10'. dumu ur-sa6-ga kuruszda
11'. iti sze-il2-la
12'. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul

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 (Account of millstones in the mill, gìr Ur-Igalim son of Uråaga the fattener; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 318

[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 018364 (catalogue)

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 018364
Accession No.: 1895-03-29, 0022

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.12.00
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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-05 at 10:19:24	CDLI	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 (039941) (039941)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.18364) (BM.18364)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-0329-22) (W_1895-0329-22)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0318 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318015.

PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry (No. P318015). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318015 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318015 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318015},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0318 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318015.

PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry (No. P318015). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318015 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318015 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318015},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P318015
LB  - CDLI:P318015
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0318 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P318015
ER  -