PPAC 5, 0338 (P318582)

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 019090

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of the cows in the stables of the ensi; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u) 4(disz) ab2 mah2
2. 8(disz) ab2 3(disz)
3. 5(disz) ab2 2(disz)
4. 1(disz) ab2 1(disz)
5. 2(disz) gu4 1(disz)
6. [4(disz)] gu4 amar ga
  blank space
7. ur-zigum-ma 3(u) 4(disz)
8. 3(u) 4(disz) ab2 mah2
9. 3(disz) ab2 3(disz)
10. 1(disz) ab2 1(disz)
11. 4(disz) gu4 1(disz)
12. 4(disz) ab2 amar ga
13. 5(disz) gu4 amar ga
column 2
1. ma-an-szum2 5(u) 1(disz)
2. 3(u) 1(disz) ab2 mah2
3. 4(disz) ab2 3(disz)
4. 5(disz) ab2 2(disz)
5. 6(disz) ab2 1(disz)
6. 4(disz) gu4 1(disz)
7. 7(disz) ab2 amar ga
8. 3(disz) gu4 amar ga
9. {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka-i3-sa6 1(gesz2)
10. 3(u) 4(disz) ab2 mah2
11. 3(disz) ab2 3(disz)
12. 1(disz) ab2 1(disz)
13. 2(disz) gu4 1(disz)
reverse
column 1
1. 5(disz) ab2 amar ga
2. 6(disz) gu4 amar ga
3. lugal-ezem 5(u) 1(disz)
4. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) ab2 mah2
5. szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) ab2 3(disz)
6. szunigin 1(u) ab2 2(disz)
7. szunigin 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ab2 1(disz)
8. szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) gu4 1(disz)
9. szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) ab2 amar ga
column 2
1. szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) gu4 amar ga
  blank space
2. szunigin-ba 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) ab2 gu4 hi-a
3. nig2-ka9-ak ab2
4. e2-tur3 ensi2
5. giri3 szesz-kal-la
6. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of the cows in the stables of the ensi; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P318582

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 019090
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0068

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 040580
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19090
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1012-68

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 338

    [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 019090 (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.

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
2019-12-01 at 10:54:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0338 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318582.
PPAC 5, 0338 artifact entry (No. P318582). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318582 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0338 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318582 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318582},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0338 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P318582.
PPAC 5, 0338 artifact entry (No. P318582). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318582 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0338 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318582 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0338 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318582},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318582},
}


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M1  - 2026/4/10/
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