PPAC 5, 0669 (P207140)
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 027058Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Sheep in the care of a number of persons, kab-ús, sipa nakabtum, sipa udu gukkal)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) udu
2. udu lugal-{d}szul-gi
3. 1(disz) e2-hi-li i3-dab5
4. 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu
5. udu ur-nigar{gar}
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}utu dumu e2-ki-gal-la i3-dab5
7. 2(gesz2) 7(disz) udu
8. udu nam-mah
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2. dumu ur-nig2 i3-dab5
3. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) udu tul2-ta
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-tu
5. 1(disz) lugal-nu-kusz2
6. 1(disz) ur-mes
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. gab2-us2-me
9. 2(disz) sipa na-gab2-tum
10. ba-a-a i3-dab5
11. 2(disz) gurusz sipa udu gukkal
12. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) udu
2. udu lugal-{d}szul-gi
3. 1(disz) e2-hi-li i3-dab5
4. 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu
5. udu ur-nigar{gar}
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}utu dumu e2-ki-gal-la i3-dab5
7. 2(gesz2) 7(disz) udu
8. udu nam-mah
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2. dumu ur-nig2 i3-dab5
3. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) udu tul2-ta
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-tu
5. 1(disz) lugal-nu-kusz2
6. 1(disz) ur-mes
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. gab2-us2-me
9. 2(disz) sipa na-gab2-tum
10. ba-a-a i3-dab5
11. 2(disz) gurusz sipa udu gukkal
12. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
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
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Sheep in the care of a number of persons, kab-ús, sipa nakabtum, sipa udu gukkal)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PPAC 5, 669
[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 027058
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | 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 | 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. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | 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 (054793) (054793)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27058) (BM.27058)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0611-110) (W_1898-0611-110)
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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0669 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207140.
PPAC 5, 0669 artifact entry (No. P207140). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207140 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0669 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207140 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).
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