PPAC 5, 0336 (P318562)

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 019063

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for several fields; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... gur] lugal
2. <sze> gesz e3-a
3. 5(asz) 2(barig) gur
4. [sze] kar-ra u3 [sze] e2 kiszib3-ba
5. [2(u) 4(asz)] gur
6. [sze-ba] ug3-IL2 [u3?] he2-dab5
7. [...] sze ab-su13-na
8. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 6(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) gur
9. sza3-bi-ta
10. 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) gur
column 2
1. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) ziz2 gur
2. i3-dub a-sza3 gi-dah-ha
3. 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
4. i3-dub a-sza3 gibil
5. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
6. i3-dub a-sza3 ad-da
7. 9(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) gur
8. i3-dub uru11{ki}
9. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) gur
10. i3-dub sa6-ga tur
11. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) gur
12. i3-dub sza3 uru11?{ki}
13. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) gur
reverse
column 1
1. i3-dub a-sza3 a-duh-[...] i7-da
2. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) gur
3. i3-dub a-sza3 {d}nin-sun2
4. i3-dub bala-a
5. giri3 na-bi2-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal
6. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur
7. i3-dub e2-duru5 {d}nansze
8. i3-dub nu-bala
9. 2(u) 4(asz) sze-ba ug3-IL2
column 2
1. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) gur
2. i3-dub bala-a
3. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur
4. i3-dub nu-bala-a
5. szunigin 2(u) 4(asz) sze-ba ug3-IL2
6. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) gur
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. [szunigin] 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
9. [...] i3-dub
10. [szunigin] 6(asz)! sze ab-su13-na
11. [...] sze gesz-e3
12. [e2?] {d}nansze
13. [...]{ki}
14. [...]-bi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley for several fields; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P318562

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 019063
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0041

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 040558
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19063
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1012-41

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 336

    [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 019063 (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 13:32:21 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 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-10-15 at 08:43:10 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:47:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:26 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, 0336 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318562.
PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry (No. P318562). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318562 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318562 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318562},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0336 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318562.
PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry (No. P318562). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318562 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318562 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318562},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P318562
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0336 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P318562
ER  -
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