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

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

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P378533

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 087102
Accession Number 1900-06-09, 0184

References

  • 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.

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 13:10:32 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, 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, 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: October 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378533},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“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: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	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  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0945 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378533
ER  - 
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