PPAC 5, 0945 (P378533)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 087102

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. sa2-du11 {d}nansze szesz-du3-a-ka
reverse
1. ur-{d}nansze-ra
2. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
3. szid sa2-du11-bi
4. ugu2 gu2-ab-ba{ki}-ka bi2-gar-a

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 945

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 087102
  • Accession No.: 1900-06-09, 0184

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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 13:10:32 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 Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0945 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378533.
PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry (No. P378533). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378533 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378533 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378533},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378533},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378533
LB  - CDLI:P378533
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0945 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378533.
PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry (No. P378533). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378533 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378533 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378533},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378533},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378533
LB  - CDLI:P378533
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378533
ER  - 
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