PPAC 5, 1037 (P378752)

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 087524

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. 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz
2. 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz ur-e gu7-a su-su engar
3. 1(asz@c) gu4 u2-gu de2-a su-su engar nu-banda3-gu4
4. gub-ba-am3
5. 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz si-du3 i3-dab5
6. zi-ga
7. la2-ia3 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz 1(asz@c) gu4 2(disz)
8. nam-ha-ni engar
9. 1(asz@c) ansze 5(asz@c) dur3
10. 1(asz@c) dur3 amar ga
11. 1(disz) dur3 su-su nu-su-ma! ur-{d}nin-had
12. 1(asz@c) dur3 2(disz) su-ga engar
13. gub-ba-am3
14. 1(asz@c) dur3 szu-gi4
15. si-du3 i3-dab5
16. zi-ga
17. ur-nig2 engar
18. 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz
19. 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz su-ga engar
20. 1(disz) gu4 1(disz) su-su nu-banda3-gu4
reverse
1. gub-ba-am3
2. la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 gesz
3. ur2-ra-ni engar
4. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su engar
5. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su nu-banda3-gu4
6. gub-ba-am3
7. la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 gesz 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
8. lugal-sa6-ga engar
9. 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz
10. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su nu-su nu-banda3-gu4
11. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-su engar
12. 1(disz) gu4 gesz su-ga engar mu in-su szu-na ba-gi4-a su-su engar
13. gub-ba-am3
14. la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4 gesz
15. ur-lugal engar
16. ugula ur-ab-ba nu-banda3-gu4
17. gu4 {d}nansze
18. ugula du-du
19. mu us2-sa {d}amar-{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/P378752

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 087524
Accession Number 1900-10-16, 034

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 064930
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.87524
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1900-1016-34

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1037

    [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
2023-01-21 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, 1037 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378752.
PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry (No. P378752). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378752 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378752 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378752},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378752},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1037 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378752.
PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry (No. P378752). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378752 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378752 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378752},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378752},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378752
LB  - CDLI:P378752
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1037 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378752
ER  -
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