PPAC 5, 0984 (P378635)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 087227

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [3(gesz2)] 3(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 1(gesz2) 1(u) ensi2
4. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
5. du-du
6. i3-dub gir2-su{ki}
7. 9(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze sumun gur
8. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze an gur
9. sza3-bi-ta
10. [...] 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 6(asz)
12. ensi2#
13. [giri3] ma-ni
14. [...] 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
15. du-du
16. [i3-dub du6] sa-bar-ra
column 2
1. 3(gesz2) 3(u) [1(asz) 1(barig)] gur
2. sza3-bi-[ta]
3. 3(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) [... gur]
4. ensi2
5. giri3 ma-ni
6. i3-dub e2-duru5 {d}inanna
7. 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
8. sza3-bi-ta
9. 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
10. du-du
11. i3-dub {gesz}kiri6 zu-har
12. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
15. ensi2
16. i3-dub sipa-da-ri2
reverse
column 1
1. 6(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 6(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
4. ensi2
5. giri3 lu2-gi-na
6. i3-dub a-sza3 su3-GAN2
7. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 3(ban2) gur
8. ensi2
column 2
1. [szunigin ...] gur
2. [du]-du
3. [zi]-ga
4. 1(asz) 2(barig) esz
5. nig2-ka9-ak
6. i3-dub
7. sze ha-la-{d}lamma
8. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 984

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 087227
  • Accession No.: 1900-10-13, 0007

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0984 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378635.
PPAC 5, 0984 artifact entry (No. P378635). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378635 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 0984 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378635 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0984 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378635},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378635},
}


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