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

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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

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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

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

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

  • 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 H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 018960
  • Accession No.: 1895-05-13, 0006

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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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: June 27, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-27]},
	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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