PPAC 5, 1044 (P378777)

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 087555

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub im-bi-a-ba
3. ki tul2-ta-ta
4. 3(u) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. i3-dub uru11{ki}
6. ki ma-ni-ta
7. 3(u) 3(asz) ki ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-nig2-ta
8. 1(asz) 4(barig) zi3 ki lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
9. 3(asz) <gur> ki lu2-giri17-zal-ta
10. szunigin 3(gesz2) 7(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11. sza3-bi-ta
12. 9(bur3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
13. a-sza3 u3 a du10-ga
14. 6(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
15. a-sza3 ab-ba-mu
reverse
1. 3(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
2. a-sza3 a-gar szuszin<{ki}>-ta
3. 9(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
4. 6(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)-ta
5. GAN2 apin a-gu4
6. 3(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)-ta {gesz}gaba-[...]
7. a-sza3 du6-[...]
8. sze-bi 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
9. 6(disz) amar 1(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
10. 1(u) 2(disz) engar 1(asz) gur-ta
11. szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
12. mu-kux(DU)
13. la2-ia3 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 gur
14. sza3-bi-ta
15. 1(u) 6(asz) gur [a2 lu2] hun-ga2
16. zi-ga
17. la2-ia3 [2(u) 3(asz) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 gur]
18. nig2-ka9-ak ur-gu-la
19. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 1044

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 087555
Accession No.: 1900-10-16, 0065

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-05-05 at 10:19:36	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-03-13 at 21:47:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (064955) (064955)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.87555) (BM.87555)
The British Museum Collection (W_1900-1016-65) (W_1900-1016-65)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1044 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378777.

PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry (No. P378777). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378777 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378777 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378777},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378777},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
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TI  - PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1044 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378777.

PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry (No. P378777). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378777 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378777 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378777},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378777},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378777
LB  - CDLI:P378777
M1  - 2026/1/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378777
ER  -