PPAC 5, 0052 (P315642)

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 012779

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of sheep. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) ud5
2. 2(u) 4(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
3. 2(u) la2 2(disz) masz2-nita2
4. ki u2-du-lu-ta
reverse
1. lugal-erin2 dub#? [...]
2. i3-dab5
3. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 52

    [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.

  • history: CBT 1, BM 12779

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    catalogue entry

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 012779
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0391

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.00.00 (us2 year)
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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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0052 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315642.
PPAC 5, 0052 artifact entry (No. P315642). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315642 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0052 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315642 (Accessed: June 20, 2025).
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	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0052 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315642},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315642},
}


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