PPAC 5, 0943 (P378530)

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 087099

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. pisan-[dub]-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. [...]
 en: xxx
3. e2 szim
 en: xxx
4. sza3 ugnim{ki}-me
 en: xxx
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
2. iti GAN2-masz
 en: xxx
3. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
 en: xxx

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/P378530

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 087099
Accession Number 1900-06-09, 0181

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 943

    [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 13:10:32 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
2015-05-06 at 08:20:54 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI 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, 0943 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378530.
PPAC 5, 0943 artifact entry (No. P378530). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378530 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0943 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378530 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378530},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0943 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378530.
PPAC 5, 0943 artifact entry (No. P378530). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378530 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0943 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378530 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0943 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378530},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378530},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378530
LB  - CDLI:P378530
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0943 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378530
ER  - 
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