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PPAC 5, 0590 (P205964)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026932

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Reed, gi-zi from Ur-ba-gár, Lugal-sha6-ga, Lú-ush-gi-na hé-dab5-me shà é Ur-dun)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) gu2 gi-zi
2. ur-ba-gara2
3. 1(u) lugal-sa6-ga
4. 2(disz) lu2-usz-gi-na
5. he2-dab5-me
6. dumu ur-gu-la
reverse
1. he2-dab5-me
2. sza3 e2 ur-dun
3. 3(disz) lu2-usz-gi-na
4. u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
5. iti munu4-gu7
6. mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3

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
Measurements (mm):
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Reed, gi-zi from Ur-ba-gár, Lugal-sha6-ga, Lú-ush-gi-na hé-dab5-me shà é Ur-dun)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 590

[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 026932
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.05.25
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (054676) (054676)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26932) (BM.26932)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-750) (W_1898-0514-750)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0590 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205964.

PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry (No. P205964). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205964 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205964 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205964},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205964},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0590 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205964.

PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry (No. P205964). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205964 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205964 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205964},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205964},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P205964
LB  - CDLI:P205964
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0590 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205964
ER  -