PPAC 5, 0330 (P318552)

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 019047

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Bread, oil, beer; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [i3-bi] 8(disz) sila3 1(u) 2(disz) gin2
2'. [iti] GAN2#-masz
3'. [...] kasz 2(ban2) gur
4'. 3(u) 3(disz) dug dida
5'. 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) ninda gur
6'. 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) dabin gur
7'. 4(barig) sze nig2-ar3-ra unux(|GU4.KU|)
8'. sze-bi 9(asz) 4(barig) gur
9'. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
10'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) i3-gesz {uruda}id-gur2
11'. i3-bi 7(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2
12'. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
13'. 3(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz 2(ban2) gur
14'. 3(u) 4(disz) dug dida
15'. 3(asz) 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 ninda gur
16'. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin gur
17'. sze-bi 1(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
column 2
beginning broken
1'. sze-bi 8(asz) 1(barig) [... gur]
2'. 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 [i3-gesz]
3'. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) i3-gesz [{uruda}id-gur2]
4'. i3-bi 9(disz) sila3 [...]
5'. iti szu-numun
6'. 2(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [kasz 2(ban2) gur]
7'. 1(u) 4(disz) dug dida
8'. 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 nig2-[ar3-ra gur]
9'. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin
10'. sze-bi 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) [... gur]
11'. 3(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
12'. 1(gesz2) 5(u) i3 {uruda}id-gur2
13'. i3-bi 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
14'. iti munu4-gu7
15'. 2(asz) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz gur
16'. 7(disz) dug dida
17'. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda gur
18'. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin
reverse
column 1
1. 2(ban2) sze {ansze}kunga2-ka!
2. sze-bi 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
3. 2(disz) sila3 i3
4. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) i3 {uruda}id-gur2
5. i3-bi 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3
6. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
7. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu lu2-ba
8. u3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ug3-IL2
9. 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) kasz [2(ban2) gur]
10. 8(disz) dug dida
11. 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [nig2-ar3-ra gur]
rest broken
column 2
1. szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. szunigin 1(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3-gesz
3. [szunigin ...] du-sa [...]
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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Bread, oil, beer; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 330

[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 019047 (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 019047
Accession No.: 1895-10-12, 0025

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.01.00, --.--.02.00, --.--.04.00, --.--.05.00, --.--.06.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: --.--.01.00 to --.--.06.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (040548) (040548)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19047) (BM.19047)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1012-25) (W_1895-1012-25)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0330 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318552.

PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry (No. P318552). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318552 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318552 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318552},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318552},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0330 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318552.

PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry (No. P318552). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318552 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318552 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318552},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318552},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P318552
LB  - CDLI:P318552
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0330 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P318552
ER  -