PPAC 5, 0729 (P377971)

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 086396

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. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) erin2
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) bar-ra-kar-ra
3. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su
4. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) erin2 1(gesz2) 5(disz) bar-ra-kar-<ra>
5. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
6. 5(u) erin2 1(gesz2) 4(disz) bar-ra-kar-<ra>
7. e2 {d}ig-alim
8. 2(gesz2) 5(u) erin2 1(gesz2) 6(disz) bar-ra-kar-<ra>
9. e2 szabra
10. 5(u) 4(disz) erin2 2(u) 2(disz) bar-ra-kar-<ra>
11. e2 {d}gesz-bar-e3
12. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) erin2 1(gesz2) 3(u) bar-ra-<kar-ra>
13. e2 {d}nin-dar-a
14. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) erin2 3(disz) bar-ra
reverse
1. e2 {d}dumu-zi
2. 5(gesz2) 1(u) erin2 2(gesz2) 1(u) bar-ra
3. e2 {d}nansze
4. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) erin2 3(gesz2) 3(u) bar-ra
5. e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}
6. 4(gesz2) 4(u) erin2 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) bar-ra
7. e2 {d}szul-gi
8. [...] 5(u) 1(disz) erin2 1(gesz2) 4(u) bar-ra
9. e2 {d}amar-{d}suen
10. [...] erin2 3(u) 4(disz) bar e2 ba-gara2
11. 2(gesz2) [...] erin2 4(u) bar-<ra> e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
12. 3(gesz2) [...] erin2 3(u) 7(disz) bar-<ra>
13. e2 uru11{ki} e2 {d}inanna u3 e2 {d}nin-sun2
14. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) erin2 ba-ad-da-ri2
15. 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(disz) erin2

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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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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 729

    [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 086396
  • Accession No.: 1899-10-14, 0017

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
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
2014-02-22 at 12:48:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-22 at 12:47:20 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
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, 0729 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P377971.
PPAC 5, 0729 artifact entry (No. P377971). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377971 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0729 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377971 (Accessed: June 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0729 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P377971},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377971},
}


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