PPAC 5, 0920 (P378479)

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 087040

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) sze lugal ur-{gesz}gigir gu-<za>-la2
2. 1(barig) SIG7-a ab-ba
3. 5(ban2) lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
  blank space
  erasure
4. 1(barig) SIG7-a giri3-ni-i3-sa6
5. ugula igi-e2-mah-[sze3?]
reverse
  beginning broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P378479

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 087040
Accession Number 1900-06-09, 0122

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 920

    [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 13:19:51 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, 0920 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378479.
PPAC 5, 0920 artifact entry (No. P378479). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378479 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0920 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378479 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378479},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0920 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378479.
PPAC 5, 0920 artifact entry (No. P378479). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378479 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0920 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378479 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0920 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378479},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378479
LB  - CDLI:P378479
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0920 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378479
ER  - 
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