PPAC 5, 0519 (P208254)

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 026783

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Chairs (gu-za); partly broken)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [{gesz}]sza3-kal uruda gar-ra
2. 2(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# [...]
3. 8(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# uruda gar-ra
4. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# [...]
5. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# [...]
6. 2(u) 4(disz) gag {gesz}[...]
reverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}[...] a-[...]
2. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [...] nu [...]
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [...]
4. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [...]
5. egir e2 [...] {d}[...]
left
1. kiszib3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10
2. ib2-ra
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Chairs (gu-za); partly broken)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P208254

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
cf. kiszib3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10 nagar of gu-za in P110961 = ITT 2, 03538
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026783
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054555

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 519

    [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.

  • citation: Finkel & Taylor, Cuneiform, Fig. 44

    [FinkelTaylor2015] Finkel, Irving L., and Jonathan Taylor. 2015. Cuneiform. British Museum.

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
2024-06-01 at 15:52:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2019-12-01 at 10:54:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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, 0519 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208254.
PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry (No. P208254). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208254 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208254 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208254},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P208254
LB  - CDLI:P208254
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208254
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0519 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208254.
PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry (No. P208254). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208254 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208254 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208254},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P208254
LB  - CDLI:P208254
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208254
ER  -
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