PPAC 5, 0058 (P315655)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012859

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of the issue of a chair to Lú-∂Ba-BA6/Ú, the chief courier (ugula kas4), of 5 pairs (?) of sandals to Iå-ti-a s. of Lugal-sukkal, the chief of the courier, etc., all drawn from the palace. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [uruda ...]
2. ur-lu5
3. mu10-us2-sa bur-za3-esz lu-lu-bu-um
4. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 maszkim
5. 5(disz) {kusz}e-sir2 e2-ba-an
6. isz-ti-a
7. dumu lugal-sukkal maszkim
8. 1(asz) gu2 siki
reverse
1. be-li2-i3-lum nar
2. ur-{d}utu maszkim
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za uruda
4. szu-{d}suen lu2 ha-an-bil-lum
5. er3-re-eb maszkim
6. 2(u) ma-na siki
7. [lu2]-{d}nansze
8. lu2-sa6-ga maszkim
9. zi-ga erin-da

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of the issue of a chair to Lú-∂Ba-BA6/Ú, the chief courier (ugula kas4), of 5 pairs (?) of sandals to Iå-ti-a s. of Lugal-sukkal, the chief of the courier, etc., all drawn from the palace. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 58

    [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 12859

    [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

  • history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 9

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 36

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012859
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0051

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
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, 0058 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315655.
PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry (No. P315655). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315655 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315655 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	title = {PPAC 5, 0058 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315655},
}


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