PPAC 5, 1444 (P379982)

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 095635

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz)# 2(barig) dabin gur
2. sa2-du11 da-da
3. ki a-a-kal-la-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
reverse
1. giri3 lu2-{d}szul-gi
2. iti GAN2-masz
3. [mu] {d}i-bi2-[{d}suen] lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-ku3-zu!
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [lu2-dingir-ra]
4. [sza13-dub-ba]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003558 (composite) (P456268) S003558 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P379982

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Purchased from Abdul K Thoma in 1901; Probably sold through I Élias Gejou.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 095635
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 067434
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.95635
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1901-1012-1288

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1444

    [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
2026-07-22 at 13:28:31 Cross, Aidan Artifact metadata Cross, Aidan Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 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 18:08:11 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, 1444 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P379982.
PPAC 5, 1444 artifact entry (No. P379982). (2026, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379982 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1444 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379982 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379982},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1444 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P379982.
PPAC 5, 1444 artifact entry (No. P379982). (2026, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379982 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1444 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379982 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	month = {jul 23},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379982},
}


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M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1444 artifact entry
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