PPAC 5, 1423 (P379918)

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 093208

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) sze guru7-ta
2. 3(barig) iri-sag-ta
3. 3(ban2) sze 3(ban2) zi3
4. e2 nin-a-na-ta
5. 1(barig) sze giri3 ba-a
6. szunigin 1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
7. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. [3(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 ...]
2. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 a-kal-la
3. 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze saga za-na
4. 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
5. szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur
6. zi-ga-am3
7. la2-ia3 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze
8. ku5-da-mu su-su-dam
9. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 ba-a-kesz2

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, 1423

    [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 093208
  • Accession No.: 1901-02-09, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.11d.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI 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, 1423 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P379918.
PPAC 5, 1423 artifact entry (No. P379918). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379918 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1423 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379918 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1423 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P379918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379918},
}

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