PPAC 5, 1078 (P378888)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 087691

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. 4(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t) udu-nita2
2. sza3-ba 1(u) 5(disz) udu ugu2-bi 4(u)
3. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
reverse
1. ab-ba-kal-la 4(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t)
2. udu ba-ur4 u4 8(disz)-kam
3. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P378888

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 087691
Accession Number 1900-10-16, 0201

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1078

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1078 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378888.
PPAC 5, 1078 artifact entry (No. P378888). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378888 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378888 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378888},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1078 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378888.
PPAC 5, 1078 artifact entry (No. P378888). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378888 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378888 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378888},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378888},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378888
LB  - CDLI:P378888
M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1078 artifact entry
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