PPAC 5, 0514 (P205490)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 026773

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Reed from the field en-gaba-rá; from I3-kal-la to Lú-dingir-ra shà bala-a; seal: Lú-dingir-ra ds d. [])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 5(u) sa gi
2. en-du8-du
3. ki i3-kal-la-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
2. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-dingir-ra
2. dub-sar
3. [dumu szesz-kal-la]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Reed from the field en-gaba-rá; from I3-kal-la to Lú-dingir-ra shà bala-a; seal: Lú-dingir-ra ds d. [])
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

seal ID uncertain

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002772 (composite) (P455482) S002772 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P205490

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026773
Accession Number 1898-05-14, 0591

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054547
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.26773
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0514-591

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 514

    [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
2017-08-06 at 11:33:03 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, 0514 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205490.
PPAC 5, 0514 artifact entry (No. P205490). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205490 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0514 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205490 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205490},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0514 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205490.
PPAC 5, 0514 artifact entry (No. P205490). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205490 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0514 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205490 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0514 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205490},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205490},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P205490
LB  - CDLI:P205490
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0514 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205490
ER  -
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