PPAC 5, 1763 (P202551)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 100448Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text Oil for messengers)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
2. lu2-{d}nanna aga3-us2
3. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
4. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
5. i-s,ur-i3-li2 sukkal
6. szi-ma-asz-gi5-ta du-ni
7. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
8. szu-la-ba lu2 kas4
9. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
10. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. szu-{d}utu sukkal
2. a-dam-szah2{ki}-ta du-ni
3. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
4. lugal-ku3-zu szesz lukur
5. e3-sza-ru-um dumu nu-banda3
6. sa-bu-um{ki}-sze3 du-ni
7. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
8. ba-ba-a lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
9. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
10. 3(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(disz)-kam
11. a-bu-ni u3-kul
12. ki-masz{ki}-ta du-ni
left
1. iti szu-numun
obverse
1. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
2. lu2-{d}nanna aga3-us2
3. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
4. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
5. i-s,ur-i3-li2 sukkal
6. szi-ma-asz-gi5-ta du-ni
7. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
8. szu-la-ba lu2 kas4
9. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
10. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. szu-{d}utu sukkal
2. a-dam-szah2{ki}-ta du-ni
3. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
4. lugal-ku3-zu szesz lukur
5. e3-sza-ru-um dumu nu-banda3
6. sa-bu-um{ki}-sze3 du-ni
7. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
8. ba-ba-a lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
9. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
10. 3(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(disz)-kam
11. a-bu-ni u3-kul
12. ki-masz{ki}-ta du-ni
left
1. iti szu-numun
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
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Seal information:
unsealed
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text Oil for messengers)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PPAC 5, 1763
[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
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 100448
- Accession No.: 1905-05-15, 0408
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.04.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2014-08-24 at 12:11:10 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (057057) (057057)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.100448) (BM.100448)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1905-0515-408) (W_1905-0515-408)
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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 1763 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202551.
PPAC 5, 1763 artifact entry (No. P202551). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202551 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 1763 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202551 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
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