PPAC 5, 0788 (P378098)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 086603

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze numun-sze3
3. ki ur-sa6-ga-ta
4. kiszib3 e2-nig2-IL2
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
2. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
  illegible

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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P378098

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 086603
Accession Number 1899-11-11, 0070

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 788

    [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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune 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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0788 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378098.
PPAC 5, 0788 artifact entry (No. P378098). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378098 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0788 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378098 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378098},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0788 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378098.
PPAC 5, 0788 artifact entry (No. P378098). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378098 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0788 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378098 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378098},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378098},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378098
LB  - CDLI:P378098
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0788 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378098
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