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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 086554Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
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}[...]
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}[...]
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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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.
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- Museum No.: BM 086554
- Accession No.: 1899-11-11, 0021
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2015-03-13 at 21:55:40 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (064240) (064240)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.86554) (BM.86554)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1899-1111-21) (W_1899-1111-21)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
General Notes:
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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: November 14, 2025).
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