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PPAC 5, 1641 (P380398)

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 096121

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal dumu dab5-ba-ne
3. mu ugula-bi-sze3
4. kiszib3 a-tu-kal-la dumu ka3-li2
5. 1(u) 2(asz) gur sza3-gal muszen-du3-me
6. kiszib3 a-tu ugula dumu ur-{d}bil3
7. 1(u) 4(asz) 5(ban2) gur mu ur-tur-tur nu-banda3-gu4
8. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su ugula
9. 1(gesz2) 4(asz) 2(barig) gur sze numun
10. mu ur-{d}ba-ba6 sanga {d}nin-gir2-su-sze3
11. kiszib3 lugal-ti-ra-asz2
12. 1(u) 2(barig) gur sza3-gal dumu dab5-<ba>
13. kiszib3 ur-{d}dumu-zi
14. nu-banda3 {d}utu-bar-ra
15. 1(u) gur sza3-gal erin2 bala gub-ba
16. mu ur-{d}nin-ma-da-sze3
17. kiszib3 ur-nig2 dumu ur-lugal
reverse
1. erin2 e2 {d}ig-alim
2. 1(u) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
3. sza3-gal erin2 bala gub-ba
4. mu ur-{d}ba-ba6 nu-banda3-sze3
5. kiszib3 lu2-sa6-i3-zu dumu ba-gara2
6. 1(u) 1(asz) gur sze numun
7. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ug3-IL2
8. 9(asz) 2(barig) gur sze numun kiszib3 nu-tuku
9. ad-da sanga {d}inanna
10. szunigin 3(gesz2) 2(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
11. zi-ga
12. i3-dub tul2 szu-i-ne-ta
13. giri3 a-<tu>-kal-la dumu ka3-li2
14. u3 er11-eb
15. iti ezem-{d}[ba-ba6]
left
1. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-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

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: PPAC 5, 1641

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 096121
  • Accession No.: 1902-04-12, 0233

  • 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 13:10:32 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, 1641 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380398.
PPAC 5, 1641 artifact entry (No. P380398). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380398 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1641 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380398 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1641 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380398},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380398},
}


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