PPAC 5, 0441 (P204360)

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 026310

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oxen, gu4-apin gub-ba dSHul-gi-ra ugula A-tu nu-bànda gu4)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz@c) ansze 5(asz@c) dur3
  blank space
  erasure
2. 3(asz@c) dur3 amar ga
3. 1(asz@c) ansze su-ga engar
4. 1(disz) dur3 su-su ki dub-sar gu4 apin
5. gub-ba-am3
6. ur-{d}ba-ba6
7. 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2 5(asz@c) gu4 gesz
8. 1(asz@c) ab2 2(disz) 1(asz@c) gu4 1(disz)
9. 1(asz@c) gu4 amar [ga]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. libir-am3
2'. 3(asz@c) gu4 gesz
3'. 2(asz@c) gu4 gesz su-ga engar nu-banda3-[gu4]
4'. 1(asz@c) dur3 su-ga szabra sag gu4
5'. gub-ba-am3
6'. la2-ia3 ($ blank space $)
  erasure
7'. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
8'. ki na-ba-sa6-ta
9'. ugula a-tu nu-banda3-gu4
10'. gu4 apin gub-ba
11'. {d}szul-gi-ra
12'. ugula lugal-mudra5
13'. mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 441

    [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 026310
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2014-02-07 at 14:24:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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, 0441 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204360.
PPAC 5, 0441 artifact entry (No. P204360). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204360 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0441 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204360 (Accessed: May 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0441 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204360},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204360},
}

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