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PPAC 5, 0378 (P204576)

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 026067

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Garlic, sum-sikil from the é Ur-dun nì-dab5 bala-a-shè from SHà-da to Lú-dNanna)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) szum2-sikil gur lugal
2. sag dadag-ga-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
3. 5(disz) nigin2 szum2 gaz
4. sag dadag-<ga>-bi 1(barig) 1(ban2) lugal
reverse
1. e2 ur-dun-ta
2. nig2-dab5 bala-a-sze3
3. ki sza3-da-ta
4. lu2-{d}nanna
5. szu ba-ti
6. [iti munu4]-gu7
7. [mu {gesz}]gu#-za [...] {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-[dim2]

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Seal information:
unsealed
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Garlic, sum-sikil from the é Ur-dun nì-dab5 bala-a-shè from SHà-da to Lú-dNanna)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 378

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026067
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.05.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2014-04-24 at 11:49:54	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054273) (054273)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26067) (BM.26067)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-1121) (W_1898-0216-1121)

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0378 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204576.

PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry (No. P204576). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204576 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204576 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204576},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204576},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204576
LB  - CDLI:P204576
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204576
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0378 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204576.

PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry (No. P204576). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204576 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204576 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204576},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204576},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204576
LB  - CDLI:P204576
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0378 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204576
ER  -