PPAC 5, 1083 (P378901)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 087704

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) gu2 gesz gal {gesz}ma-nu
2. 1(u) 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
3. e2-te-na-sze3
4. ki ur-e2-masz-ta
5. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la dumu lugal-saga
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P378901

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 087704
Accession Number 1900-10-16, 0214

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1083

    [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 13:19:51 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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1083 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378901.
PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry (No. P378901). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378901 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378901 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378901},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378901},
}

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TI  - PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 1083 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P378901.
PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry (No. P378901). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378901 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378901 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378901},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378901},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P378901
LB  - CDLI:P378901
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378901
ER  - 
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