PPAC 5, 0782 (P378082)

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 086583

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz) [3(barig) sze gur]
2. sze-ba [...]
3. 1(asz) su-ga lu2-sa6-ga dub-sar
4. 1(asz) uru11{ki}-ta
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-a-zu
reverse
1. 6(asz) 3(barig) gur
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 1(barig) iti 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
4. sze-bi 4(asz) 4(barig) gur
5. 2(barig) szum2 mu na-ru2-a-mah
6. 5(asz) 1(barig) gur
7. zi-ga
8. la2-ia3 1(asz) 2(barig) [gur]
left
1. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki}
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}[nin-gir2-su]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-[e2-...]

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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  • primary: PPAC 5, 782

    [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 086583
  • Accession No.: 1899-11-11, 0050

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.00.00
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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
2014-02-01 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003165 (composite) (P455875) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0782 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378082.
PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry (No. P378082). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378082 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378082 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378082},
}

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TI  - PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0782 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378082.
PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry (No. P378082). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378082 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378082 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378082},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378082
LB  - CDLI:P378082
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0782 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378082
ER  - 
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