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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 026429Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Garments, túg zi-ga bala-a túg zag-mu-shè)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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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
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
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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Seal information:
unsealed
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Garments, túg zi-ga bala-a túg zag-mu-shè)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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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.
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- Museum No.: BM 026429
- Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0247
- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.39.00.00
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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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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | 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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| 2016-07-28 at 15:55:09 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | 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 (054491) (054491)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26429) (BM.26429)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-247) (W_1898-0514-247)
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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: November 11, 2025).
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