PPAC 5, 1059 (P378827)

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 087619

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. 4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. kiszib3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
3. 3(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
4. kiszib3 iri-lal3
5. 4(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
6. kiszib3 lu2-gu-la
7. 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
8. kiszib3 ur-nigar{gar}
9. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
10. kiszib3 nu-tuku
11. kiszib3 ur-nig2 dumu lu2-tug2-gal
reverse
1. szunigin 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba
  some text moved to next line
3. iti mu-szu-du7
4. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
5. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

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/P378827

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 087619
Accession Number 1900-10-16, 0129

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1059

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-12-21 at 08:48:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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, 1059 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378827.
PPAC 5, 1059 artifact entry (No. P378827). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378827 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378827 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378827},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1059 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378827.
PPAC 5, 1059 artifact entry (No. P378827). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378827 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378827 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378827},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/31/
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