PPAC 5, 1642 (P380402)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 096130

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ($ blank space $) ab-ba-gi-na
2. 8(asz) ARAD2-mu
3. 4(asz) a-kal-la
4. 6(asz) ur-{d}suen
5. 4(asz) 1(barig) lugal-nesag-e
6. 7(asz) ur-{d}a-[szar2]
7. 7(asz) an-da-mu
8. 4(asz) {d}szara2-ba-sa6
9. 5(asz) lu2-eb-gal
10. ($ blank space $) szesz-kal-la
11. szunigin 4(u) 6(asz) 1(barig)
12. nam-1(u) an-da-mu
reverse
1. i3-dub
2. ($ blank space $) ab-ba-gi-na
3. 1(asz) 1(barig) ARAD2-mu
4. 3(asz) a-kal-la
5. 2(asz) 2(barig) ur-{d}suen
6. 1(asz) 4(barig) lugal-nesag-e
7. 2(asz) 2(barig) ur-{d}a-szar2
8. 1(asz) 1(barig) an-da-mu
9. 2(asz) 1(barig) {d}szara2-ba-sa6
10. 2(asz) 3(barig) lu2-eb-[gal]
11. ($ blank space $) szesz-kal-la
12. szunigin 1(u) 7(asz) gur

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/P380402

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 096130
Accession Number 1902-04-12, 0242

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 067858
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.96130
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1902-0412-242

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1642

    [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 07:56:19 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 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. 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, 1642 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380402.
PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry (No. P380402). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380402 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380402 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380402},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1642 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380402.
PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry (No. P380402). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380402 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380402 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380402},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P380402
LB  - CDLI:P380402
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1642 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P380402
ER  -
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