PPAC 5, 1050 (P378809)

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 087601

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. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. lu2-du10-ga ugula
3. 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) <gur> ab-ba-mu ugula
4. {gesz}kiri6 en-ne
5. 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur u3 1(barig) duh [...]
6. ur-{d}nansze ugula
7. {gesz}kiri6 ur-ma-ma
8. 1(barig) {d}utu-szesz {gesz}kiri6 nin-[dingir ...]
9. 2(barig) 5(ban2) {gesz}u3-suh5 u3 [...]-al-[...]
10. 3(barig) 1(ban2) ur-{d}li9-si4 ugula
11. {gesz}kiri6 gu-la sza3-[iri]
12. 1(barig) 4(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 ur-[dam]
13. 1(barig) 3(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 {d}nin-[szubur]
reverse
1. 4(barig) u3 1(barig) duh?#
2. i3-na-na [ugula]
3. {gesz}kiri6 {d}szul-pa-[e3]
4. 1(asz) 4(barig) {gesz}kiri6 mi edin# {d}nin-gir2-su
5. 2(barig) {gesz}kiri6 mi edin# [{d}ba-ba6]
6. 1(barig) 4(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 {d}ig-alim e tul2-gu
7. 3(ban2) nin-mu ugula muhaldim {gesz}kiri6 gesztin?
8. 1(barig) lu2-numun-tur-tur
9. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lu2-lam-ma
10. szunigin 1(u) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
11. sze-ba nu-{gesz}kiri6-ke4-ne
12. {gesz}kiri6 {d}szul-pa-e3-ta
left
1. iti szu-numun
some text moved to next line
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
3. ugula ab-ba-mu

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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Seal information:
unsealed
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 1050

[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 087601
Accession No.: 1900-10-16, 0111

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.04.00 (us2 year)
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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 13:19:51	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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-04-10 at 14:15:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	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 (064987) (064987)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.87601) (BM.87601)
British Museum Collection (W_1900-1016-111) (W_1900-1016-111)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1050 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378809.

PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry (No. P378809). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378809 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378809 (Accessed: February 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378809},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1050 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378809.

PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry (No. P378809). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378809 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378809 (Accessed: February 20, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378809},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378809
LB  - CDLI:P378809
M1  - 2026/2/20/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1050 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378809
ER  -