PPAC 5, 0772 (P378065)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 086554

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) sze gur
2. a-sza3 gir2-gir2 a-babbar2-ta
3. 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
5. ki ur-gu-la-ta
6. 3(barig) 1(ban2) giri3 lu2-giri17-zal
7. 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) nisi munu4-ta
8. sze inim-ma-dingir
9. 1(barig) uru11{ki}-ta
10. 1(barig) ga2-nun gesz-ta
11. 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
12. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. [...] sze-ba nar
2. iti 1(disz)-kam [...]-a-sze3
3. [i3]-dub gir4 nimgir?
4. zi-ga
5. [...] 3(barig) szum2-mu
6. [nig2-ka9]-ak
7. nam-mah nar
8. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. nam-mah
2. dumu {d}[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P378065

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 086554
Accession Number 1899-11-11, 0021

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 064240
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.86554
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1899-1111-21

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 772

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2015-03-13 at 21:55:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0772 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378065.
PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry (No. P378065). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378065 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378065 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378065},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378065},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378065
LB  - CDLI:P378065
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378065
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0772 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378065.
PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry (No. P378065). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378065 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378065 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378065},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378065},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378065
LB  - CDLI:P378065
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0772 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378065
ER  -
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