PPAC 5, 1041 (P378774)

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 087552

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) dabin gur lugal
2. ki nam-ha-ni-ta
3. 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
4. ki lu2 mar-sa-ta
5. 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
6. 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) dabin gur
7. ki ur-{d}lamma dumu erin-da-ta
8. szunigin 3(asz) 2(ban2) zi3-sig15 gur
9. sze bala-bi 3(asz) 2(ban2) gur
10. szunigin 3(u) 7(asz) 3(ban2) dabin gur
11. sze-bi 4(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur
12. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. 3(u) 3(ban2) ninda saga gur
2. sze bala igi-5(disz)-gal2-bi 3(asz) gur
3. 8(asz) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda szu gur
4. kasz de2-a lugal
5. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal
6. ugu2 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi dub-sar <ba-a-gar>
7. 2(asz) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda [gur] kasz de2-a-ta du-ni
8. ugu2 ARAD2-{d}[utu ba-a-gar]
9. szunigin 4(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur
10. zi-ga
11. nig2-ka9-ak ninda
12. erin-da dumu ama-tu
13. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

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  • primary: PPAC 5, 1041

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 087552
  • Accession No.: 1900-10-16, 0062

  • 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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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 13:19:51 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
2018-03-23 at 19:15:05 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:11 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, 1041 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378774.
PPAC 5, 1041 artifact entry (No. P378774). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378774 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1041 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378774 (Accessed: July 22, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378774},
}

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