PPAC 5, 0804 (P378128)

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 086641

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. 3(barig) sze su-ga
2. 4(ban2) sze ga-ar3
3. la2-ia3 su-ga
4. ARAD2 unu3
reverse
1. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
2. giri3 sza3-ku3-ge
3. mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3
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/P378128

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 086641
Accession Number 1899-11-11, 0108

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 804

    [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 13:32:21 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
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, 0804 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378128.
PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry (No. P378128). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378128 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378128 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378128},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378128},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378128
LB  - CDLI:P378128
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378128
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0804 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378128.
PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry (No. P378128). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378128 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378128 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378128},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378128},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378128
LB  - CDLI:P378128
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0804 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378128
ER  - 
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