PPAC 5, 0588 (P205943)

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 026929

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gurush, un-íl lú-túg má-túg-gada gíd-da-me, zi-ga Ur-mes d. Ur-sha6-ga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) [gurusz u4] 1(u) 2(disz)-[sze3]
2. ug3#-IL2# aszgab-sze3
3. ma2 tug2 gada gid2-da
4. zi-ga
5. ur-mes dumu ur-sa6-ga
reverse
1. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2
2. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-a-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (gurush, un-íl lú-túg má-túg-gada gíd-da-me, zi-ga Ur-mes d. Ur-sha6-ga)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P205943

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 026929
Accession Number

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 588

    [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.

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0588 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205943.
PPAC 5, 0588 artifact entry (No. P205943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205943 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0588 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205943 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205943},
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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0588 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205943.
PPAC 5, 0588 artifact entry (No. P205943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205943 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0588 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205943 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0588 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205943},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P205943
LB  - CDLI:P205943
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0588 artifact entry
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