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PPAC 5, 1721 (P380592)

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 096842

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. 2(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du lugal
2. 2(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 gu
3. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
4. u4 3(u) la2 2(disz)-kam
5. ha-ti-sze3 lu2 kas4
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz
reverse
1. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 gu
2. 3(disz) id-gur2 i3
3. u4 3(disz)-kam
4. we-da-gu-ni lu2 kas4
5. erin2 i7-da e3-e3-de3 gen-na
6. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

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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, 1721

    [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 096842
  • Accession No.: 1902-04-15, nn

  • 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 13:27:14 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
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, 1721 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P380592.
PPAC 5, 1721 artifact entry (No. P380592). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P380592 (Original work published 2007)
PPAC 5, 1721 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P380592 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 1721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P380592},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P380592},
}


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