PPAC 5, 1039 (P378771)

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 087549

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. 4(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze ku3
3. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4. 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. 1(u) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3
6. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
7. nig2 e3-a
8. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
9. szunigin 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze ku3
10. sza3-bi-ta
11. 6(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) kiszib3 {d}nansze-kam
12. ugu2 lu2-gi-na ga2-ga2-dam
13. 2(u) 5(asz) 1(ban2) gur
14. giri3 lu2-giri17-zal
15. ugu2 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
16. dumu ur-{d}nansze ga2-ga2-dam
reverse
1. 1(u) 5(asz) <gur> engar {d}nin-dar-a-me
2. giri3 a-hu-a dumu lu2-du10-ga
3. 3(asz) engar e2 {d}szul-gi-me
4. giri3 ur-sa6-ga-mu
5. dumu ku-li
6. 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
7. kiszib3 nam-ha-ni dumu hu-wa-wa
8. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze ku3 kiszib3 ensi2
9. 1(u) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3 ur-{d}lamma szu ba-ti
10. ugu2-a ga2-ga2-dam
11. szunigin 1(gesz2) ($ blank space $) gur
12. szunigin ($ blank space $) ku3
13. zi-ga
14. la2-ia3 4(barig) 3(disz) [...]
15. nig2-ka9-ak [...]
16. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{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/P378771

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 087549
Accession Number 1900-10-16, 0059

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 064949
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.87549
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1900-1016-59

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1039

    [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 21:47:11 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, 1039 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378771.
PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry (No. P378771). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378771 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378771 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378771},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378771},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1039 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378771.
PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry (No. P378771). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378771 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378771 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378771},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378771},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378771
LB  - CDLI:P378771
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378771
ER  -
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