PPAC 5, 1036 (P378751)

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 087523

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(asz@c) ansze
2. 4(asz@c) dur3
3. 1(asz@c) ansze 1(disz)
4. 1(asz@c) dur3 1(disz)
5. 1(asz@c) dur3 1(disz) su-ga engar sag dur3 [...]-sze3
6. gub-ba-am3
7. ur-dingir-ra engar
8. 4(asz@c) ansze
9. 3(asz@c) dur3
10. 2(asz@c) ansze amar-ga tur
11. 1(asz@c) ansze gesz 2(disz)
12. 1(asz@c) dur3 su-ga engar
13. gub-ba-am3
14. ki-lu5-la engar
15. 1(asz@c) ab2 mah2
16. 3(asz@c) gu4 gesz
17. 1(disz) gu4 1(disz)
18. 1(disz) ab2 mah2 sag gu4 gesz-sze3
19. gub-ba-am3
20. 1(disz) gu4 gesz
21. zi-ga
reverse
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu a-hu-a
2. 2(asz@c) ab2 mah2
3. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
4. 2(asz@c) nu gu4 gesz su-su nu-su nu-banda3-gu4
5. gub-ba-am3
6. 1(asz@c) gu4 gesz si-du3 i3-dab5 zi-ga
7. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4 1(disz)
8. ur-{d}ba-ba6 lu2 tir
9. 5(asz@c) gu4 gesz
10. 1(asz@c) gu4 szu-gi4
11. gub-ba-am3
12. ug3-IL2 engar
13. ugula ur-e2-an-na
14. gu4 engar dab5-ba
15. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su
16. mu us2-sa amar-{d}suen lugal

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/P378751

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 087523
Accession Number 1900-10-16, 0033

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1036

    [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, 1036 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378751.
PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry (No. P378751). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378751 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378751 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378751},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1036 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378751.
PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry (No. P378751). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378751 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378751 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378751},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378751
LB  - CDLI:P378751
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1036 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378751
ER  - 
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