PPAC 5, 1605 (P380316)

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 096024

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. 2(gesz2) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta
2. 2(barig) sze lu2-kal-la
3. 1(gesz2) 8(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta
4. 1(barig) sze ur-{d}ba-ba6
5. 1(disz) szeg9-bar sze-bi <1(disz) sila3>
  sic
6. 3(disz) gu4 5(disz) sila3-ta
7. 2(disz) gu4 amar ga 2(disz) sila3-ta
8. ($ blank space $) nig2-ar3-<ra> sze-bi ($ blank space $)
reverse
1. 1(barig) 5(ban2) duh ge6
2. sza3-gal gu4 ur-ba-gara2
3. szunigin 5(disz) gu4 hi-a
4. szunigin 1(disz) szeg9-bar 1(disz) sila3
5. szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta
6. szunigin 3(barig) [3(ban2) 2(disz)] sila3 sze lugal
7. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
8. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu
left
1. u4 4(disz)-kam

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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, 1605

    [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 096024
  • 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.05.02.04 (us2 year)
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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 09:54:59 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, 1605 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380316.
PPAC 5, 1605 artifact entry (No. P380316). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380316 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1605 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380316 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1605 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380316},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380316},
}

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