PPAC 5, 1553 (P380203)

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 095906

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. 5(iku) GAN2 gesz ur3
2. kiszib3 ku3-ga-ni
3. 5(iku) hu-ru
4. 5(iku) i3-li2
5. 5(iku) lugal-u2-szim-e
  blank space
  erasure
6. 1(disz) lu2-giri17-zal
7. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
8. 1(disz) da-a-ga
9. 1(disz) ur-nig2
10. 1(disz) lugal-ezem lu2 azlag2
11. 1(disz) lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
12. 1(disz) lu2-me-lam2 engar
13. 1(disz) na-gu
14. 1(disz) i3-li2 engar
reverse
1. 1(disz) ARAD2-mu
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}isztaran
3. 1(disz) hu-[ru]
4. 1(disz) i3-[li2]
5. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
6. a-sza3 gi-dah-ha
7. iti szu-numun

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, 1553

    [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 095906
  • Accession No.: 1902-04-12, 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
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, 1553 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380203.
PPAC 5, 1553 artifact entry (No. P380203). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380203 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1553 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380203 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1553 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380203},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380203},
}

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