PPAC 5, 1540 (P380166)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 095865Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) kasz dida saga
2. [...] zi3-sig15
3. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
4. 8(disz) sila3 esza
5. abul 4(disz)-bi
6. 1(disz) kasz dida saga
7. 1(ban2) zi3-sig15
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
2. 2(disz) sila3 esza
3. {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
4. ga gu7 e3-a
5. zi-ga
6. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
obverse
1. 4(disz) kasz dida saga
2. [...] zi3-sig15
3. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
4. 8(disz) sila3 esza
5. abul 4(disz)-bi
6. 1(disz) kasz dida saga
7. 1(ban2) zi3-sig15
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
2. 2(disz) sila3 esza
3. {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
4. ga gu7 e3-a
5. zi-ga
6. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
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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Seal information:
unsealed
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: PPAC 5, 1540
[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 095865
- Accession No.: 1901-10-14, nn
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.07.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (067620) (067620)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.95865) (BM.95865)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1901-1014-41) (W_1901-1014-41)
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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 1540 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380166.
PPAC 5, 1540 artifact entry (No. P380166). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380166 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1540 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380166 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
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