PPAC 5, 0626 (P207129)

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 026989

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ledger about wool and clothes in the control of several persons)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(asz) gu2 4(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) <ma-na> siki
2. 3(u) tug2
3. ugula lugal-mudra5
4. 1(u) 7(asz) gu2 4(u) 1(disz) ma-na <siki>
5. 1(u) 5(disz) tug2
6. lu2-{d}nansze
7. 8(asz) gu2 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na <siki>
8. 7(disz) tug2
9. lugal-ezem
10. 9(asz) gu2 5(u) 7(disz) ma-na <siki>
11. 1(u) tug2
12. lu2-{d}utu
13. 1(u) gu2 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki
14. 1(u) 5(disz) [tug2]
reverse
1. lugal-dam
2. 7(asz) gu2 4(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na <siki>
3. 6(disz) tug2
4. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
5. 1(u) 3(asz) gu2 2(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na <siki>
6. 1(u) 1(disz) tug2
7. ad-da
8. 1(u) 2(asz) gu2 2(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na <siki>
9. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) tug2
10. ur-{d}hendur-sag
11. 1(u) 2(asz) gu2 5(u) 5(disz) ma-na <siki>
12. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) tug2
13. lu2-sukkal
14. 1(u) 8(asz) gu2 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na <siki>
15. 4(u) 6(disz) tug2
16. lugal-uszur3

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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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Ledger about wool and clothes in the control of several persons)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 626

    [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 026989
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:30 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:24:19 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, 0626 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207129.
PPAC 5, 0626 artifact entry (No. P207129). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207129 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0626 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207129 (Accessed: June 2, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0626 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207129},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207129},
}


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