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PPAC 5, 0625 (P204959)

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 026988

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (é-su-sum-ma ka-lá-a má ésir, túg, zì-sig15)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
2. 1(disz) ma2 5(u) gur
3. 3(disz) ma2 4(u) gur
4. 2(disz) ma2 3(u) gur
blank space
5. ma2 sumun ambar i3-dub
6. nu-bala
7. 6(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
8. 2(disz) ma2 2(gesz2) gur
9. ma2 du8-a
10. 6(disz) ma2 luh!-ha 1(gesz2) gur
11. 2(disz) ma2 [...] gur ma2 sumun nu-gul-la
12. sza3 mar-sa
column 2
1. nam-mah
2. 3(u) tug2 da-ba-tum
3. tug2 gesz-a gal2-la
4. 4(u) zi3-sig15 gur
blank space
5. lugal-igi-husz
6. 4(u) 8(asz) zi3-sig15 gur
7. 3(u) tug2 da-ba-tum
blank space
8. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
9. i3-dub nu-bala
reverse
column 1
blank space
column 2
1. e2 szu-szum2-ma-ka la2-a
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 2(u) ba-zal

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (é-su-sum-ma ka-lá-a má ésir, túg, zì-sig15)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 625

[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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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026988
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.07.20
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

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
2015-02-06 at 08:46:44	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		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

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“PPAC 5, 0625 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204959.

PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry (No. P204959). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204959 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204959 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204959},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204959},
}

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“PPAC 5, 0625 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204959.

PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry (No. P204959). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204959 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204959 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204959},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204959},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204959
LB  - CDLI:P204959
M1  - 2025/5/29/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0625 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204959
ER  -

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