PPAC 5, 0488 (P205676)

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 026432

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oil redistribution)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 2(u) gin2 i3
2. iti GAN2-masz-ta
3. iti sze-il2-la-ta
  sic
4. i3-bi 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3
  calculation: 13 × 20/60 × 12 = 52
5. sza3-bi-ta
6. 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 i3 kiszib3 bi-za
7. 3(disz) sila3 i3 kiszib3 [...]
reverse
1. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
2. 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 e2 kiszib3-ba-ta sza3 i3 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3
3. kiszib3 nu-tuku
4. lu2-{d}utu
5. 4(disz) sila3 kiszib3 e2-hi-li
6. 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3
7. [szu] ti-a
8. [...] kikken2 [...]
  rest broken

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, 488

    [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 026432
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: --.--.01.00, --.--.12.00
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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
2015-12-10 at 15:53:51 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, 0488 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205676.
PPAC 5, 0488 artifact entry (No. P205676). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205676 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0488 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205676 (Accessed: May 28, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205676},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205676},
}

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