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

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

-

Text

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

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/P378635

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 087227
Accession Number 1900-10-13, 0007

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 064812
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.87227
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1900-1013-7

References

  • 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.

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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI 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, 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: October 24, 2026).
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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: October 24, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378635},
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