PPAC 5, 1585 (P380253)

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 095960

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. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) u8
2. 3(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2
3. 2(u) 1(disz) kir11
4. 2(u) sila4-nita2
5. ($ blank space $) masz2-sag
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. ($ blank space $) u8 ($ blank space $) udu-nita2
8. ($ blank space $) sila4
9. zi-ga
10. 6(disz) u8 4(disz) udu-nita2
11. 1(disz) sila4
reverse
1. ri-ri-ga
2. la2-i3 ($ blank space $)
3. la2-ia3-am3
4. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) gub-ba
5. szunigin ($ blank space $) zi-ga
6. szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) ri-ri-ga
7. szunigin ($ blank space $) la2-ia3
8. ba-zi na-gada
9. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
10. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

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, 1585

    [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 095960
  • Accession No.: 1902-04-12, nn

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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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 13:32:21 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 09:55:12 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, 1585 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380253.
PPAC 5, 1585 artifact entry (No. P380253). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380253 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1585 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380253 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1585 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380253},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380253},
}

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