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PPAC 5, 1711 (P380571)

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 096808

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) zi3 gu u4 1(disz)-kam
2. e2-ra-nu-ganun-bi kas4
3. mu dam-gar3-sze3 gen-na
4. 1(ban2) zi3 u4 2(disz)-kam
5. puzur4?-du11-ga
6. [...]-ra-sze3 gen-na
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 gu
2'. giri3-ni-i3-sa6 lu2 kas4
3'. {u2}urua{ki}-ta du-ni
4'. 1(ban2) zi3 gu
5'. a-da-lal3 lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
6'. sa-bu-um{ki}-($ blank space $) du-ni
7'. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi-da

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Seal information:
unsealed
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 1711

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 096808
Accession No.: 1902-04-15, nn

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.06.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2016-07-28 at 15:55:24	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-24 at 12:11:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (068034) (068034)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.96808) (BM.96808)
British Museum Collection (W_1902-0415-129) (W_1902-0415-129)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1711 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380571.

PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry (No. P380571). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380571 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380571 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380571},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380571},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P380571
LB  - CDLI:P380571
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P380571
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 1711 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380571.

PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry (No. P380571). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380571 (Original work published 2007)

PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380571 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380571},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380571},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P380571
LB  - CDLI:P380571
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - PPAC 5, 1711 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P380571
ER  -