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

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

Measurements

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet, beer rations)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P202558

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 100423
Accession Number 1905-05-15, 0383

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 057036
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.100423
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1905-0515-383

References

  • 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

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
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:55:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-10 at 14:15:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-10-10 at 09:26:58 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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

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: October 22, 2026).
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	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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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: October 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1762 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202558},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202558},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202558
LB  - CDLI:P202558
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1762 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202558
ER  -
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