PPAC 5, 0792 (P378108)

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 086617

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. 1(barig) 1(ban2) sze-gesz-i3 lugal
2. ki ur-sa6-ga-ta
3. kiszib3 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka-i3-sa6
reverse
1. iti munu4-gu7
2. mu en-nun-e-{d}amar-{d}suen-ra-ki-ag2 eridu{ki} ba-hun
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P378108

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
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 086617
Accession Number 1899-11-11, 0084

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 792

    [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, 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, 0792 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378108.
PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry (No. P378108). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378108 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378108 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378108},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378108},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378108
LB  - CDLI:P378108
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378108
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0792 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378108.
PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry (No. P378108). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378108 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378108 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378108},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378108},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378108
LB  - CDLI:P378108
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0792 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378108
ER  - 
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