PPAC 5, 0033 (P315563)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 012504

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer and bread issued to 4 messengers. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
2. lu2 kin-gi4-a udu-sze3 gen-na
3. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
4. szu-esz18-dar a-e-bar-ra{ki}-sze3 gen-na
5. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
6. ka-da?-num2 e2 usz-bar-sze3 gen-na
reverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. a-hu-ni egir
3. hu-ba-a-sze3 gen-na
4. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
5. bur-ma-ma lu2 kas4
6. zi-ga u4 2(u)-kam
7. [iti] sze-sag11-ku5

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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    unsealed

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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer and bread issued to 4 messengers. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 33

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Ozaki Tohru. 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 1, BM 12504

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    catalogue entry


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  • Museum No.: BM 012504
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0116

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0033 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563.
PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry (No. P315563). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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}

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