PPAC 5, 0485 (P202780)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 026429

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Garments, túg zi-ga bala-a túg zag-mu-shè)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)?-kam us2
2. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du
3. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
4. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) tug2 usz-bar
5. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) gada du
reverse
1. zi-ga bala-a
2. 4(gesz2) 4(u) tug2 usz-bar
3. 2(u) tug2 usz-bar tur
4. 1(u) 5(disz) tug2 usz-bar sumun
5. tug2-ba za3-mu-sze3
6. mu e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Garments, túg zi-ga bala-a túg zag-mu-shè)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P202780

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026429
Accession Number 1898-05-14, 0247

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 485

    [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.

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 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 15:55:09 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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, 0485 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202780.
PPAC 5, 0485 artifact entry (No. P202780). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202780 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0485 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202780 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202780},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0485 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202780.
PPAC 5, 0485 artifact entry (No. P202780). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202780 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0485 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202780 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0485 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202780},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202780},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0485 artifact entry
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