PPAC 5, 0875 (P378251)

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 086774

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. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ki ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra-ta
3. lu2-{d}inanna
4. su-su-dam
reverse
1. mu lu2-{d}inanna-sze3
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
3. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dumu ib2-ta-e3

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):

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P378251

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 086774
Accession Number 1899-11-11, 0241

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 875

    [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, 0875 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378251.
PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry (No. P378251). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378251 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378251 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378251},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378251
LB  - CDLI:P378251
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378251
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0875 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378251.
PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry (No. P378251). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378251 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378251 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378251},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378251
LB  - CDLI:P378251
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0875 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378251
ER  - 
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