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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

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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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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unsealed
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 33

[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 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.

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Identifiers

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

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.01.20
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Accounting Period: 0

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
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

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“PPAC 5, 0033 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563.

PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry (No. P315563). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563},
}

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ER  -

“PPAC 5, 0033 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563.

PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry (No. P315563). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563 (Original work published 2006)

PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315563
LB  - CDLI:P315563
M1  - 2025/3/14/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0033 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315563
ER  -

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