PPAC 5, 0519 (P208254)

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 026783

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Chairs (gu-za); partly broken)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [{gesz}]sza3-kal uruda gar-ra
2. 2(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# [...]
3. 8(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# uruda gar-ra
4. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# [...]
5. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za szunigin# [...]
6. 2(u) 4(disz) gag {gesz}[...]
reverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}[...] a-[...]
2. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [...] nu [...]
3. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [...]
4. 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za [...]
5. egir e2 [...] {d}[...]
left
1. kiszib3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10
2. ib2-ra
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

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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  • primary: PPAC 5, 519

    [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.

  • citation: Finkel & Taylor, Cuneiform, Fig. 44

    [FinkelTaylor2015] Finkel, Irving L., and Jonathan Taylor. 2015. Cuneiform. British Museum.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 026783
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) Provenience Comments:

    cf. kiszib3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10 nagar of gu-za in P110961 = ITT 2, 03538

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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
2024-06-01 at 15:52:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2019-12-01 at 10:54:04 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, 0519 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208254.
PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry (No. P208254). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208254 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208254 (Accessed: July 24, 2025).
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	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0519 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208254},
}

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