PPAC 5, 0726 (P377966)

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 086389

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c) ansze
2. 5(asz@c) dur3
3. 1(asz@c) dur3 sag ansze-sze3
4. gub-ba-am3
5. tul2-ta-pa3-da engar
6. 1(asz@c) [...] gu4 gesz
7. 1(asz@c) [...] gu4 gesz
8. gub-ba-am3
9. ur-ga2 engar
10. 4(asz@c) ansze
11. 3(asz@c) dur3
12. 1(asz@c) dur3 sag 2(asz@c) ansze-sze3
13. 2(asz@c) ansze ku3-ga nu-szum2-ma
14. 1(asz@c) dur3 amar ga
15. gub-ba-am3
16. ur-{d}en-ki engar
17. 2(asz@c) ab2 mah2
18. 3(asz@c) gu4 gesz
19. 1(asz@c) gu4 2(disz) sag gu4 1(disz)-sze3
20. gub-ba-am3
reverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4 si-du3 kuruszda
2. zi-ga
3. [...] engar
4. 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2
5. 4(asz@c) gu4 gesz
6. 1(asz@c) [...] gu4 gesz
7. gub-ba-am3
8. {d}inanna-ka engar
9. ugula lugal-uszur3 nu-banda3-gu4
10. ma-an-szum2 i3-dab5
11. e2 nam-ha-ni
12. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi

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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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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 726

    [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 086389
  • Accession No.: 1899-10-14, 0010

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00 (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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0726 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P377966.
PPAC 5, 0726 artifact entry (No. P377966). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377966 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0726 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377966 (Accessed: June 7, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0726 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P377966},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377966},
}

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