PPAC 5, 1271 (P379547)

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 088560

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. 8(asz) gig gur lugal
2. kiszib3 mu-du8-e
3. 1(u) 4(asz) gig gur
4. kiszib3 lu2-{d}utu
5. 4(asz) 3(barig) gig gur
6. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga
reverse
1. e2 szu-szum2-ma
2. ki ur-esz3-ku3-ga-ta
3. ur-{d}ig-alim
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
6. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P379547

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 088560
Accession Number 1901-02-09, nn

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1271

    [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 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-02-06 at 08:46:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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, 1271 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P379547.
PPAC 5, 1271 artifact entry (No. P379547). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379547 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379547 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379547},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1271 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P379547.
PPAC 5, 1271 artifact entry (No. P379547). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379547 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379547 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P379547},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379547},
}

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