PPAC 5, 0324 (P318543)

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 019029

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inspection of the workers in the brewery of Nippur, gúrum-ak dab5-ba é-åim; 8 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [d] 3(asz) la-ba-an-szum2-e ugula-gesz2
2. dumu nin-igi-sze3-du
3. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
4. dumu mu-ni-bar-ra-e3
5. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-{d}lamma
6. dumu szi-ni-ta2-a
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-en3-tar a dab5-ba
8. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-a-ni-sa6
9. dumu nin-igi-sze3-du
10. asz 2(ban2) geme2-ki-siki-ka
11. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-lu2-ni-nu-se-ge4
12. dumu-ni-me
  blank space
13. [ugula] la-ba-an-szum2-e
14. 1(asz@c) 3(asz) gur pu3-du-u2-usz-ne ugula-gesz2
15. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) nig2-gur11-re-ki-ag2
16. 1/2(asz@c) 3(ban2) ur2-ra-ni-sze3
17. dumu nin-ra-mu-gi4
18. 1/2(asz@c) 3(ban2) kur geme2-{d}dumu-zi
19. dumu geme2-mes
20. [...] ur-gu3-de2-a
21. [dumu] i-di3-a
  blank space
22. [ugula ...]-bala
column 2
1. 1/2(asz@c) [...]
2. la-ba-an-szum2-e u3 pu3-du-<u2>-usz-ne i3-dab5
3. ($ blank space $) ugula
4. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
5. dumu ur-mes
6. 1(asz@c) 5(ban2) du11-ge-du7
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) nu ur-{d}lamma
8. ug3-IL2 e2-gal
9. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) 3(disz) nin-ama-mu
10. sila-a <dab5>-ba-ta
  blank space
11. nam-ugula ne-du-i3-sa6
12. 1(asz@c) ki-tusz-lu2 ugula
13. asz ($ blank space $) ur-dingir-ra
14. dumu {d}szul-pa-e3-ba-an-zi-ge
15. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) nam-iri-na
16. dumu lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
17. 1/2(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-mu-ma-an-ag2
18. ki inim-{d}inanna-ta
19. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) lugal-ku3-zu
20. dumu munus-sa6 usz-bar
column 3
1. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) lugal-pa-e3
2. dumu ur-sa6-ga
3. ugula ki-tusz-lu2
4. ($ blank space $) ugula
5. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-{gesz}dar-du3
6. dumu geme2-{d}utu
7. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) 3(disz) a-li-ah
8. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) geme2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni
9. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-[...]
10. dumu szu-tur-al? [...]
11. 1(asz@c) 5(ban2) ur-dun sila-a <dab5>-ba-ta
12. 1(asz@c) 5(ban2) ur-lugal
13. giri3-se3-ga e2 [...-ta]
  blank space
14. nam-ugula usz-gi-<na>
15. ur-sag-ub3{ki} i3-[dab5]
16. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-{d}nun-[gal] munu4-mu2
17. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) gu-za-ni lunga
18. ki lu2-{d}ba-ba6-ta
column 4
  (damaged)
1. ki-tusz-lu2 u3 usz-gi-na i3-dab5
2. x x x
3. 1(asz) gu2 5(disz) ma-na
4. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. ugula {d}[...]
2. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) lu2-[...]
3. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-[...]
4. ur-{d}nin-[...]
5. u3 {d}nin-[... i3-dab5]
6. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-{d}[ig-alim]
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lugal-[...]
8. dumu ur-bara2-si-ge
9. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-[...]
10. dumu ur-im-[nun]
11. 1(asz@c) 2/3(disz) 5(ban2) nimgir-{d}[...]
12. dumu ur-{d}sza-u18-sza
  blank space
13. ugula ur-{d}ig-alim
14. 1/2(asz@c) ($ blank space $) ur-{d}hendur-sag
15. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) en-sa6-ga-na
16. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) geme2 usz-gid2-da
17. dumu geme2-dumu-gi7
18. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}nansze
19. dumu geme2-{gesz}gigir
20. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) e2-iti-da
21. dumu tul2-ta usz-bar
22. ugula ur-{d}hendur-sag
23. ($ blank space $) ugula
24. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) geme2-dumu-gi7
25. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) dingir-ra-ka
26. lu2 gu2-tul2
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) 5(ban2) lu2-me-lam2
2. dumu ur-gu-la
3. 1/2(asz@c) 4(ban2) ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
4. dumu ur-{d}lamma
5. nam-ugula ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
6. ur-{d}lamma gu2-ab-ba{ki} i3-dab5
  blank space
7. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu na-silim
column 3
  blank space
column 4
1. gurum2 ak siki-ba e2 szim
2. sza3 nibru{ki}
3. iti munu4-gu7
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Inspection of the workers in the brewery of Nippur, gúrum-ak dab5-ba é-åim; 8 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P318543

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 019029
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0007

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 040536
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19029
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1012-7

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 324

    [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 019029 (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 13:39:11 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
2020-05-02 at 04:56:44 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-23 at 11:17:24 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, 0324 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318543.
PPAC 5, 0324 artifact entry (No. P318543). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318543 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0324 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318543 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318543},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0324 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318543.
PPAC 5, 0324 artifact entry (No. P318543). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318543 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0324 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318543 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0324 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318543},
}


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