PPAC 5, 0637 (P207134)

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 027008

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Cows and donkeys kept in several stables)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 4(disz) amar gir2-su{ki}
2. giri3 ab-ba unu3
3. 2(u) 3(disz) amar nin-kal-la
  blank space
4. sza3 ga2-nun gesz
5. 1(u) 1(disz) amar e2 tur3
6. giri3 lugal-ku5 unu3
7. 1(u) 1(disz) gu4 2(disz) szu-gi4
8. giri3 a-kal-<la> dumu a-tu
9. 5(disz) ab2 3(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
10. giri3 ($ blank space $)
11. 1(disz) ab2 5(disz) gu4 2(disz) szu-gi4 ba-usz2
  blank space
12. 5(disz) gu4 2(disz) ka5-a-mu iti mu-szu-du7
13. sza3 <e2> kikken2 gibil
reverse
1. giri3 ba-a
2. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) amar e2 tur3
3. 1(u) 3(disz) gu4 2(u) szu-gi4
4. giri3 a-kal-la dumu a-tu
5. 6(disz) ab2 szu-gi4
6. giri3 ($ blank space $)
7. gub-ba-am3
8. 7(disz) gu4 2(disz) ka5-a-mu i3-dab5
9. iti mu-szu-du7 u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-zal-ta
10. 3(disz) gu4 2(disz) iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 2(u) 4(disz) ba-zal
11. 2(disz) gu4 3(disz) amar iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6 u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
12. 1(disz) ab2 iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 2(u) ba-zal
13. 1(disz) ab2 iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6 u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal
14. ba-usz2
15. sza3 e2 kikken2 gu-la
16. iti amar-a-a-si
left
1. 1(disz) ab2 szu-gi4 iti ezem-{d}szul-<gi> u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
2. 2(disz) gu4 2(disz) iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 2(u) 6(disz) ba-zal
3. 3(disz) gu4 iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3!

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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

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 637

    [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 027008
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.07.15, 00.00.07.20, 00.00.07.24, 00.00.07.26, 00.00.08.00, 00.00.08.15, 00.00.08.16, 00.00.08.17, 00.00.09.00, 00.00.09.23, 00.00.10.00
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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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:31 CDLI Atf CDLI 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, 0637 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207134.
PPAC 5, 0637 artifact entry (No. P207134). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207134 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0637 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207134 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0637 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207134},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207134},
}


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