PPAC 5, 0320 (P318485)

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 018960

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of barley of Abbakalla son of the sanga of Urub; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. ki lu2-[...]
2'. dumu ka5-a-mu-ta
3'. 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra du gur
4'. ki lu2-gu-la-ta
5'. 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra du
6'. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga-ta
  blank space
7'. szunigin 6(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
8'. sza3-bi-ta
9'. 5(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur
10'. kiszib3 ma-an-szum2-na
11'. dumu lu2-giri17-zal
12'. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
13'. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) zi3 gur
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. kiszib3 ur-zi-[...]
2'. dumu lu2-giri17-zal
3'. ugu2-a ba-a-gar
reverse
column 1
1. szunigin 1(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
2. sze bala-bi 1(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
3. szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur
4. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
5. ugu2-a ba-a-gar
6. zi-ga
7. 1(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
8. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 gur
9. 4(u) 2(asz) ninda gur
10. 5(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
  rest broken
column 2
1. ma2-a si-ga
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda gur
3. muhaldim-me
4. 1(u) nig2-ar3-ra du gur
5. nig2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nansze
6. sze-bi 4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
7. nig2 gal2-la
8. 4(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
9. i3-dub
10. kiszib3-bi nu-gid2
11. nig2-ka9-ak zi3-da
12. ab-ba-kal-la dumu sanga uru11{ki}
13. iti amar-a-a-si-ta
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of barley of Abbakalla son of the sanga of Urub; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P318485

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 018960
Accession Number 1895-05-13, 0006

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 040474
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.18960
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-0513-6

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 320

    [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 018960 (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 13:27:14 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
2015-03-13 at 21:47:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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, 0320 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318485.
PPAC 5, 0320 artifact entry (No. P318485). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318485 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0320 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318485 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318485},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0320 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318485.
PPAC 5, 0320 artifact entry (No. P318485). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318485 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0320 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318485 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0320 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318485},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318485},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P318485
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0320 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P318485
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