PPAC 5, 1075 (P378879)

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 087682

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. [...] 2(disz) gurusz 4(disz) gurusz tu-ra in de2-a
2. lu2-usz-gi-na
3. 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 1(disz) tu-ra
4. ba-ra-e11-de3
5. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) tu-ra
6. [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. he2-[dab5-me]
3. ARAD2-lugal [...]
4. 1(u) ARAD2 gu2 amar
5. 1(u) ur-{d}ig-alim gu2 lu2-{d}ga2-tum3-du10 engar
6. 1(u) ur-{d}ba-ba6 gu2 ur-li engar
7. nu-{gesz}kiri6-me
8. nig2-<ka9>-ak a-sza3 u3 a du10-[ga]
9. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
left
1. mu {d}[...]-ma [...]

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, 1075

    [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 087682
  • Accession No.: 1900-10-16, 0192

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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 13:10:32 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
2015-12-12 at 17:36:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:55:40 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, 1075 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378879.
PPAC 5, 1075 artifact entry (No. P378879). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378879 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1075 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378879 (Accessed: June 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378879},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378879},
}

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