PPAC 5, 0406 (P205971)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 026108Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Bread and beer for 3 gasham: simug, ashgab for gishgu-za zabar gar-ra ù nì-dul kush si-ga; Umma month)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) simug
2. 1(disz) aszgab
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz ninda-ta
4. gaszam
5. {gesz}gu-za zabar
6. gar-ra u3 nig2-dara2 kusz si-ga
reverse
1. iti min-esz3
2. mu en {d}inanna masz2-e i3-pa3
obverse
1. 2(disz) simug
2. 1(disz) aszgab
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz ninda-ta
4. gaszam
5. {gesz}gu-za zabar
6. gar-ra u3 nig2-dara2 kusz si-ga
reverse
1. iti min-esz3
2. mu en {d}inanna masz2-e i3-pa3
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 (Bread and beer for 3 gasham: simug, ashgab for gishgu-za zabar gar-ra ù nì-dul kush si-ga; Umma month)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PPAC 5, 406
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 026108
- Accession No.: 1898-02-16, 1162
- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.07.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054313) (054313)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26108) (BM.26108)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-1162) (W_1898-0216-1162)
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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0406 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205971.
PPAC 5, 0406 artifact entry (No. P205971). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205971 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0406 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205971 (Accessed: September 27, 2025).
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