PPAC 5, 1259 (P379435)

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 088376

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. 1(disz) [...]
2. 1(disz) masz-gu-[la]
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}[...]
4. muszen-du3-me
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}hendur-sag
6. 1(disz) lu2-u3-ma
7. a-sza3 ambar lagasz{ki}
8. 1(disz) sipa-di-ne
9. 1(disz) {d}utu-di-ne
10. 1(disz) ba-za
11. muszen-du3-me
12. 1(disz) ur-mes dumu banda3{da}
13. 1(disz) ur-{d}nu-musz-da dumu lugal-mudra5
14. 1(disz) nimgir-sza3-kusz2
15. 1(disz) ur-gu-la
16. a-sza3 e2-gibil4-le
17. a-sza3 gi-gara2
18. a-sza3 ub lu2-pa3-da
19. a-sza3 {d}nin-mar{ki}
20. a-sza3 gibil
column 2
  (in part illegible)
1'. [...]
2'. [...]-ki
3'. [...]
4'. {d}nin-[...]-gal
5'. a-sza3 sa6-[...]-sa6
6'. 1(disz) {d}suen-mu
7'. 1(disz) lugal-dur2-du10
8'. 1(disz) KA-[...]
9'. 1(disz) {d}nin-mar{ki}-<i3>-sa6
10'. 1(disz) da-da dumu a-kal-la
11'. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu pu3-u2-kal-la
12'. 1(disz) ur-dub-szen [dumu] e2-sa6-ga
reverse
column 1
1. a-sza3 he-gal2
2. a-sza3 {d}en-lil2-la2
3. a-sza3 du6-imin
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}nansze
5. a-sza3 lugal-a2-zi-da
6. 1(disz) da-a-ga
7. 1(disz) la-du3?
8. 1(disz) ab-ba-kal-la
9. 1(disz) tul2-ta-pa3-da
10. 1(disz) {d}lamma-di-ne
11. 1(disz) lu2-sa6-ga dumu lu2-gu-la
12. {gesz}gesztu-sa6-sa6
13. a-sza3 musz-bi-edin-na
14. a-sza3 sahar dub-[ba]
15. 1(disz) ur-mes
16. [...]
17. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-[ba6]
18. 1(disz) ab-ba-kal-[la]
19. muszen-[du3-me]
20. [...]
column 2
1. a-sza3 gir2-nun
2. a-sza3 {d}inanna
3. a-sza3 gir2-|AB2xUD|?
4. a-sza3 dur9{ur3}-re gar-ra
5. a-sza3 gir2-gir2 e2-babbar2
6. a-sza3 e kusz dar
7. 1(disz) ur-zigum-ma
8. 1(disz) lu2-giri17-zal
9. 1(disz) ur-sa6-ga
10. 1(disz) sza3-gu2-bi
11. 1(disz) nigar{gar}-ki-du10
12. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu ur-{d}isztaran
13. 1(disz) lugal-dumu-gi7
14. a-sza3 a-sag-du3-du
15. a-sza3 {d}szul-gi zi kalam-ma
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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, 1259

    [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 088376
  • 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 13:19:51 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
2014-02-07 at 14:24:19 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, 1259 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P379435.
PPAC 5, 1259 artifact entry (No. P379435). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379435 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1259 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379435 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1259 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P379435},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379435},
}

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