PPAC 5, 1784 (P375915)

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 095843

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. di til-la
2. igi-zu-bar-ra ti-la-a
3. igi-ni in-na-{ga2}gar{ar}
4. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-ni-ir
5. mu lugal i3-bi2-la-mu ba-ra-me-ne-en6
6. in-na-du11-ga
7. igi-zu-bar-ra-a ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. i3-bi3-la-sze3 la-ba-[...]
9. u2 inim-ma-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. lu2-dingir-[ra]
2'. ur-{d}isztaran
3'. di-ku5-bi-me
4'. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P375915

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 095843
Accession Number 1901-10-14, 19

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1784

    [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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 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, CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1784 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P375915.
PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry (No. P375915). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375915 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375915 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375915},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375915},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1784 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P375915.
PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry (No. P375915). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375915 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375915 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375915},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375915},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P375915
LB  - CDLI:P375915
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1784 artifact entry
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