PPAC 5, 1755 (P375392)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098080

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(disz) su-su
2. 3(disz) la2-ia3
3. {d}utu-ba-e3
4. 6(disz) su-su
5. 4(disz) la2-ia3
6. lu2-gu-la
7. 1(u) 1(disz) su-su
8. 7(disz) la2-ia3
9. lu2-giri17-zal i3-dab5
10. 5(disz) su-su
11. 3(disz) la2-ia3
12. szesz-kal-la
13. 5(disz) su-su
14. 4(disz) la2-ia3
15. ur-dingir-ra
16. 1(u) su-su 7(disz) la2-ia3
17. ur-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5
18. 5(disz) su-su
19. 4(disz) la2-ia3
20. sukkal-di-ne
21. 6(disz) la2-ia3
22. ba-a-al-la-a
23. 5(disz) su-su 1(u) la2-ia3
24. lu2-ma2-gur8-re i3-dab5
25. szunigin 2(u) 6(disz) su-su
26. szunigin 2(u) 4(disz) la2-ia3
column 2
1. ugula ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6
2. 3(disz) su-su
3. 4(disz) la2-ia3
4. du11-ga-ni-zi
5. 4(disz) su-su
6. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) la2-ia3
7. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
8. 6(disz) su-su 1(u) 3(disz) la2-ia3
9. a2-na-na i3-dab5
10. 2(disz) su-su
11. lu2-har-sa-ra
12. 4(disz) su-su
13. 6(disz) la2-ia3
14. ur-sukkal?
15. 6(disz) su-su 6(disz) la2-ia3
16. ur-{d}ig-alim i3-dab5
17. 5(disz) su-su
18. 3(disz) la2-ia3
19. ur-sag-ub3
20. 2(disz) su-su
21. 5(disz) la2-ia3
22. ur-{d}lamma nu-banda3-gu4
23. 7(disz) su-su 8(disz) la2-ia3
24. ur-{d}lamma i3-dab5
reverse
column 1
1. szunigin 2(u) su-su
2. szunigin 2(u) 7(disz) la2-ia3
3. ugula ur-{d}nin-mar[{ki}-ka]
4. 6(disz) su-su
5. 1(disz) la2-ia3
6. ur-{d}hendur-sag
7. 4(disz) su-su 3(disz) la2-ia3
8. lu2-bala-sa6-ga
9. 1(u) su-su 4(disz) la2-ia3
10. ur-e2-an-na i3-dab5
11. 5(disz) su-su 1(disz) la2-ia3
12. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
13. 5(disz) su-su 5(disz) la2-ia3
14. i3-li2
15. 1(u) su-su 6(disz) la2-ia3
16. ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|) i3-dab5
17. 4(disz) su-su 3(disz) la2-ia3
18. ur-{d}lamma
19. 6(disz) su-su 8(disz) la2-ia3
20. lu2-{d}ba-ba6
21. 1(u) su-su 1(u) 1(disz) la2-ia3
22. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a i3-dab5
blank space
23. szunigin 3(u) su-su
24. szunigin 2(u) 1(disz) la2-ia3
25. ugula ur-gu-la
26. 3(disz) su-su 5(disz) la2-ia3
27. ur-ab-ba
28. 3(disz) su-su [5(disz)] la2-ia3
29. ur-{d}da-mu i3-dab5
column 2
1. 5(disz) su-su 5(disz) la2-ia3
2. lu2-giri17-zal
3. 2(disz) su-su 1(disz) la2-ia3
4. lugal-dumu-gi7
5. 7(disz) su-su 6(disz) la2-ia3
6. kas4 i3-dab5
7. 8(disz) su-su 2(disz) la2-ia3
8. sza3-igi-na
9. 3(disz) su-su 2(disz) la2-ia3
10. lugal-inim-gi-na
11. 1(u) 1(disz) su-su 4(disz) la2-ia3
12. da-da i3-dab5
13. szunigin 2(u) 1(disz) su-su
14. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) la2-ia3
15. ugula ad-da
16. szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) su-su
17. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) la2-ia3
blank space
18. lu2-iri-sag i3-dab5
19. e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
20. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 1755

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 098080
Accession No.: 1903-10-13, 0011

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-05 at 10:19:47	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (169210) (169210)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.98080) (BM.98080)
The British Museum Collection (W_1903-1013-11) (W_1903-1013-11)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1755 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P375392.

PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry (No. P375392). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375392 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375392 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375392},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375392},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1755 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P375392.

PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry (No. P375392). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375392 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375392 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375392},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375392},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P375392
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1755 artifact entry
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ER  -