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PPAC 5, 0557 (P203257)

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 026852

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Beer for messengers and lú-lugal Lu-lu-puki-shè in-shi-gin-na. gìr Ur-mes)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) dug sila3
2. 1(u) sila3 ninda
3. lu2 kin-gi4-a
4. u3 aszgab lugal
5. udu lu-lu-bu-sze3
reverse
1. im-szi-du-a
2. iti szu-numun
3. giri3 ur-mes
4. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um lu-<lu>-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-asz ba-hul

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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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text Beer for messengers and lú-lugal Lu-lu-puki-shè in-shi-gin-na. gìr Ur-mes)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 557

    [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 026852
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.04.00 (us2 year)
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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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:28 CDLI 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, 0557 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203257.
PPAC 5, 0557 artifact entry (No. P203257). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203257 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0557 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203257 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0557 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203257},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203257},
}


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