PPAC 5, 0331 (P463986)

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 019044

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Reed and wood in the account of Allamu; 4 col.; Shulgi 42 xii to Shulgi 43 i (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) sa gi
3. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
4. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
5. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
6. 5(gesz2) 4(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
7. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nansze-ta
8. 5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) sa gi szid
9. 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sa gi
10. ki ur-tur dumu lugal-ur-sag-ta
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11. szunigin 5(gesz2) 5(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
12. szunigin 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 3(u) sa gi
13. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
14. sza3-bi-ta
15. 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
16. 1(gesz'u) sa gi
17. {d}nin-e2-gal
18. 2(gesz2) sa {d}nin-szubur sza3 e2-gal
column 2
1. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sa i3-du8-me
2. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 sukkal i3-du8
3. 2(gesz'u) sa sa2-du11 en-nu
4. 3(u) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
5. 5(gesz2) sa gi
6. {d}gesztin-an-na-lugal
7. 2(u) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
8. 4(gesz2) sa gi
9. {d}isz-ha-ra
10. 2(u) 4(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
11. 4(gesz2) sa gi
12. {d}en-ur3-ra
13. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sa gi
14. sa2-du11 nar tur-tur
15. ki al-la nar
16. 6(szar2) igi-du {gesz}ma-nu
17. {gesz}ma-nu gu2-na 2(gesz2)-ta
18. {gesz}ma-nu-bi 3(gesz2)-ta
19. nig2-dab5 gesz-kin-ti
20. sa2-du11 szu-a-gi-na
21. 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
22. 2(u) sa gi
23. {d}gesztin-an-na-lugal
24. 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
reverse
column 1
1. 2(u) sa gi
2. {d}isz-ha-ra
3. e3-lu-[num2 ...]
4. 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
5. 2(u) sa gi
6. {d}gesztin-an-na-lugal
7. 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
8. 2(u) sa gi
9. {d}isz-ha-ra
10. hu-um-tum-sze3
11. nig2 ezem-ma dingir-re-ne
12. 1(gesz2) sa gi 2(disz) ku6 <al>-u2-sa-sze3
13. ki ur-e2-ninnu
14. 4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sa gi szid
15. e2 ma2 1(u) 2(disz) u5 lugal-sze3
16. ki a-a!-mu szabra
17. nig2-dab5 za3-mu-ka
column 2
1. szunigin 5(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
2. szunigin 1(szar2) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) sa gi
3. zi-ga-am3
4. diri 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
5. 2(gesz'u) 2(disz) sa gi
6. diri-am3
7. nig2-ka9-ak gi {gesz}ma-nu
8. al-la-mu
9. iti sze-il2-la
10. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul-ta
11. iti GAN2-masz
12. mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3-sze3
13. iti 2(disz)-kam
14. bala-bi 1(disz)-a-am3
15. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma

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 (Reed and wood in the account of Allamu; 4 col.; Shulgi 42 xii to Shulgi 43 i (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 331

    [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.

  • citation: CBT 2, BM 019044 (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.

    (edition gives BM 19048 but Cat BM 2 suggests BM 019044)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 019044
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-12, 0022

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.03.00, Šulgi.42.12.00, Šulgi.43.01.00
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.42.03.00 to Šulgi.43.01.00

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 15:19:58 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-02-21 at 09:28:30 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
2014-01-31 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0331 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P463986.
PPAC 5, 0331 artifact entry (No. P463986). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P463986 (Original work published 2014)
PPAC 5, 0331 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P463986 (Accessed: July 1, 2025).
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	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P463986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P463986},
}

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