PPAC 5, 0606 (P202632)

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 026956

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Total account of sheep (68979 gub-ba) and wool (1573 gú 37 1/2 ma-na síg) in Girsu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 8(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) u8
2. 6(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
3. 3(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 4(u) 3(disz) sila4 babbar2
4. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) masz2-sag
5. szunigin 1(szar'u) 9(szar2) 6(gesz2) 4(u) la2 3(disz) udu hi-a
6. udu gub-ba-am3
7. 2(u) 9(asz) gu2 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki hi-a tug2 szar3
8. 2(gesz2) 5(u) gu2 4(disz) ma-na siki hi-a tug2 us2 lugal
9. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na siki hi-a tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
10. 7(gesz2) 1(u) gu2 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
12. 2(u) la2 2(asz) gu2 siki tug2 guz-za du
13. 5(u) 7(asz) gu2 2(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki du u3 siki ge6
reverse
1. [siki ki-la2] tag-ga
2. 6(disz) gurdub siki udu ze2 ki-<la2> nu-tag-ga
3. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki hi-a
4. ba-la2
5. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) u8
6. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(disz) udu-nita2
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7. szunigin 4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) udu hi-a
8. zi-ga-am3
9. 1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) la2 2(disz) u8
10. 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
11. 1(szar2) 1(gesz2) 1(disz) sila4
12. szunigin 4(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) udu hi-a
13. la2-ia3-am3
14. udu gukkal nigin-ba
15. gir2-su{ki}
16. mu {d}szul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri5{ki}-ma lugal an ub-<da> limmu2-ba-ka! kar2-har{ki} a-ra2 2(disz)-kam-asz mu-hul

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

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Total account of sheep (68979 gub-ba) and wool (1573 gú 37 1/2 ma-na síg) in Girsu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 606

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026956
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  • 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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI 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, 0606 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202632.
PPAC 5, 0606 artifact entry (No. P202632). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202632 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0606 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202632 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0606 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202632},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202632},
}

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