PPAC 5, 0579 (P205875)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 026900Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Oil, ì-gish ì-ba nar-dSHu-dEN.ZU-shè)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. an-da
3. 2(disz) sila3 mu-ni-{d}za3-ku
4. 2(disz) sila3 al-la
reverse
1. i3-ba giri3 {d}szu-{d}suen-sze3
2. iti sze-il2-la
3. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. an-da
3. 2(disz) sila3 mu-ni-{d}za3-ku
4. 2(disz) sila3 al-la
reverse
1. i3-ba giri3 {d}szu-{d}suen-sze3
2. iti sze-il2-la
3. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
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
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Oil, ì-gish ì-ba nar-dSHu-dEN.ZU-shè)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PPAC 5, 579
[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 026900
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.12.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054649) (054649)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26900) (BM.26900)
- British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-718) (W_1898-0514-718)
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Cite this Artifacts
“PPAC 5, 0579 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205875.
PPAC 5, 0579 artifact entry (No. P205875). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205875 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0579 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205875 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).
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