PPAC 5, 1769 (P202110)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 100512

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley to fatten sheep)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz)] udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. 4(u) la2 3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
3. sze-bi 2(barig) 5(ban2) nig2-kal-la
4. 1(gesz2) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
5. [4(u)] la2 3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
6. sze-bi 2(barig) 7(disz) sila3
7. lu2-kal-la
8. 1(gesz2) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta
9. [4(u)] la2 3(disz)
  sic udu 1(disz) <sila3>-ta
10. [sze-bi 2(barig)] 8(disz) sila3
11. [an-ne2]
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. 4(u) la2 3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
3. sze-bi 2(barig) 7(disz) sila3
4. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. 2(gesz2) udu 1(disz) sila3
6. sze-bi 2(barig) a2-na-mu
7. 3(u) 5(disz) masz2 2/3(disz) sila3
8. sze-bi 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3
9. 4(u) 2(disz) sila4 diri 1(disz) sila3
10. sze-bi 4(ban2)
  sic
11. u4 2(disz)-kam
12. iti sze-il2-la

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 1769

    [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.

    UR III


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  • Museum No.: BM 100512
  • Accession No.: 1905-05-15, 0472

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1769 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202110.
PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry (No. P202110). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202110 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202110 (Accessed: July 25, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202110},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202110},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202110
LB  - CDLI:P202110
M1  - 2025/7/25/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202110
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1769 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202110.
PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry (No. P202110). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202110 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202110 (Accessed: July 25, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202110},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202110},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202110
LB  - CDLI:P202110
M1  - 2025/7/25/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1769 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202110
ER  - 
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