PPAC 5, 1561 (P380224)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 095927

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) la2 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3
2. iti mu-szu-du7
3. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 3(u)-sze3
4. iti amar-a-a-si
5. ka# i7 nigin6{ki}-sze3 du
6. [a2-bi 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz)] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. [...] giri3 [...]
2. e2 szabra-me
3. giri3 ur-e2-ninnu
4. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-e2-ninnu
2. dub-sar
3. [dumu al]-la-mu
4. szabra#

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: PPAC 5, 1561

    [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 095927
  • Accession No.: 1902-04-12, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.09.00, Šū-Suen.03.10.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: Šū-Suen.03.09.00 to Šū-Suen.03.10.00

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004453 (composite) (P457163) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1561 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380224.
PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry (No. P380224). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380224 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380224 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P380224
LB  - CDLI:P380224
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P380224
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1561 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380224.
PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry (No. P380224). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380224 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380224 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P380224
LB  - CDLI:P380224
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1561 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P380224
ER  - 
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