PPAC 5, 1257 (P379399)

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 088331

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sar sahar
2. ur-mes dub-sar lugal
3. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) GAN2 szu-{d}utu nar
4. 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim nar ra2-gaba
5. 5(u) 2(disz) szu-la-ba dam-gar3
6. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) a-tu szandana
7. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) nig2-in-dub-si szandana
8. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}isztaran ra2-gaba
9. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) {d}szul-gi-ra-i3-sa6
10. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) kuruszda lugal-me
11. ugula na-sa6
12. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) lugal-kisal
13. ($ blank space $) ad-da-tur
14. [...]
15. 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu sila4-mu
16. 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}gibil6 muhaldim
17. 8(disz) lugal-a2-zi-da
18. 4(u) 1(disz) sar x? nu-banda3 lu2-kal-la szesz sa12-du5
19. [...] nu-banda3 ur-{d}ig-alim szesz sa12-du5
column 2
1. 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) nu-banda3 du10-ga
2. 4(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) nu-banda3 lu2-tilla3
3. 1(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) nu-banda3 ug3-IL2
4. 2(u) 1/2(disz) sipa udu <ama>-gan-me
5. 1(u) 6(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 u18-di dumu ha-ba-zi-zi
6. 1(u) 3(disz) lugal-szuba3-zi sukkal
7. 4(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-nig2 dumu ku-li
8. 3(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) nu-banda3 lugal-igi
9. u3 lu2 nu-tuku
10. 5(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
11. muhaldim lugal-me
12. 2(u) 6(disz) da-da dumu u18-di
13. 2(u) 6(disz) na-ba-sa6 dumu [...]
14. 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) nu-ur2-{d}suen dumu nu-banda3
15. a-sza3-bi da-da gala i3-dab5
16. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) kin? nam-dumu-lugal
17. 8(disz) 1/2(disz) esz18-dar-ka3-li2-su
reverse
column 1
1. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) e-pu-uq
2. a-sza3 [...] dum [...]
3. zi-ga
column 2
1. i7 pirig-gin7-du a2 gir2-su{ki}-bi
2. a-tu i3-dab5

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, 1257

    [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 088331
  • Accession No.: 1901-02-09, nn

  • 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 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:39 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-04 at 08:05:55 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, 1257 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P379399.
PPAC 5, 1257 artifact entry (No. P379399). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379399 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1257 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379399 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P379399},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379399},
}

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