PPAC 5, 1762 (P202558)

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 100423

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet, beer rations)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du
2. szu-ni-tum lu2 kas4
3. szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz sza3-iri
5. 1(asz) kasz dida du kaskal-sze3
6. puzur4-ma-ma sukkal
7. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz
9. la-puzur4 lu2 kas4
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz il-ki-bi2-ri2 lu2 kas4
reverse
1. sa-bu-um{ki}-ta du-ni
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz sza3-iri
3. 1(asz) kasz dida du kaskal-sze3
4. ka-la-a lu2 kas4
5. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz bur-ma-ma sukkal
7. 4(ban2) kasz elam ki-masz{ki}-me
8. giri3 bur-ma-ma sukkal
9. ki-masz{ki}-ta du-ni
10. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

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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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 1762

    [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 100423
  • Accession No.: 1905-05-15, 0383

  • 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
2016-07-28 at 15:55:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-10 at 14:15:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-10-10 at 09:26:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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, 1762 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202558.
PPAC 5, 1762 artifact entry (No. P202558). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202558 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 1762 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202558 (Accessed: June 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1762 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202558},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202558},
}

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