PPAC 5, 0660 (P204532)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027048

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Bitumen gi6-gíd-bi ù du10-ush pú lugal ba-ra-du8 kash-dé-a lugal shà Tum-ma-al ki Lú-ki-nu-nir dam-gàr-ta; seal: Ur-dEn-líl-lá ds d. Inim-sha6 kurushda)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 1(asz) gu2 esir2 had2 gur lugal
2. 4(ban2) esir2 E2-A
3. gi gid2-bi u3 du10-us2-si lugal ba-ra-du8
reverse
1. kasz de2-a lugal
2. sza3 tum-ma-al-la
3. ki lu2-ki-nu-nir{ki} dam-gar3
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
5. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
6. mu {gesz}gu-za ba-dim2
seal 1
1. ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ka-sa6 kuruszda

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Bitumen gi6-gíd-bi ù du10-ush pú lugal ba-ra-du8 kash-dé-a lugal shà Tum-ma-al ki Lú-ki-nu-nir dam-gàr-ta; seal: Ur-dEn-líl-lá ds d. Inim-sha6 kurushda)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004883 (composite) (P457593) S004883 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P204532

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 027048
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054783
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.27048
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0611-100

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 660

    [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
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2014-02-25 at 17:18:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-02 at 12:42:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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, 0660 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204532.
PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry (No. P204532). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204532 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204532 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204532},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0660 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204532.
PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry (No. P204532). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204532 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204532 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204532},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204532},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204532
LB  - CDLI:P204532
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0660 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204532
ER  -
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