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PPAC 5, 1049 (P378801)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 087586

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. zah3 lu2-a-[...]
2. zah3 ur-ra-[...]
3. 1(disz) lu2-gi-na dumu [...]
4. {gesz}kiri6 simug szul-mu-sze3
5. 1(disz) nu ur-{d}ig-alim dumu ni-e3
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma dumu u2-ta2
7. 1(disz) lugal-szesz a-ru-a ur-{d}lamma sanga {d}nin-gir2-su
8. e2 kikken2-sze3
9. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu ur-sa6-ga
10. 1/3(disz) ur-sag-ub3{ki} dumu nin-a-giri17-zal
12. ug3-IL2 e2-gal-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 erin-da
2. 1(disz) ur-ba-gara2 dumu hu-du?
3. 1(disz) lugal-eb2? dumu ur-ki-gu-la
4. 1(disz) ur-ga2-nun dumu ur-mes
5. muhaldim ninda du8-du8-sze3
6. zi-ga [...]

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
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unsealed
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 1049

[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 087586
Accession No.: 1900-10-16, 0096

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (064979) (064979)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.87586) (BM.87586)
British Museum Collection (W_1900-1016-96) (W_1900-1016-96)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1049 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378801.

PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry (No. P378801). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378801 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378801 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378801},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378801},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1049 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378801.

PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry (No. P378801). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378801 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378801 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378801},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378801},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378801
LB  - CDLI:P378801
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1049 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378801
ER  -