PPAC 5, 0608 (P203942)

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 026963

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Shearing of sheep, udu ba-ur4 shà Gú-ab-baki)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 4(disz) u8 3(disz) udu gal 1(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2
2. 2(u) 4(disz) sila4 ba-ur4 ($ blank space $) sila4 nu-ur4
3. ku5-da 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)
4. gu2-gu2 2(u) 4(disz)
5. 2(u) 4(disz) u8 3(disz) udu-nita2 1(u) 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
6. ($ blank space $) sila4 nu-ur4
7. lugal-u2-szim-e 4(u) la2 1(disz@t)
8. 2(u) 4(disz) u8 1(disz) u8! bar su-ga 3(disz) udu gal
9. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) udu-nita2 2(disz) udu-nita2 bar su-ga
10. ($ blank space $) sila4 nu-ur4
  blank space
11. a-tu dumu lugal-igi-sa6 4(u) la2 1(disz@t)
12. 2(gesz2) 2(u) u8 1(u) udu gal 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
reverse
1. 3(gesz2) 3(u)
2. {d}utu-bi
3. 1(u) u8 4(disz) udu-nita2 4(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
4. ($ blank space $) sila4 nu-ur4
5. e2-gurum2?-e dumu sza3-da 2(u) la2 2(disz)
6. 2(u) 1(disz) u8 2(u) la2 2(disz) udu-nita2 1(u) 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
7. ($ blank space $) sila4 nu-ur4
8. libir-am3
9. 7(disz) sila4 ba-ur4 la2-ia3 su-ga
10. lugal-{d}utu nagar 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz@t)
11. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) u8 2(disz) udu gal 2(u) 7(disz) udu-nita2 3(u) la2 3(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
12. sza3-ku3-ge 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz)
13. 2(u) 2(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-nita2 1(u) 3(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
14. da-da 3(u) 1(disz)
15. 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) u8 1(disz) u8 bar mu2 1(u) udu-nita2 4(disz) [sila4 ba-ur4]
16. 5(disz) sila4 nu-ur4 1(disz) masz2
17. ur-{d}esz3-du10-nun [3(u)]
18. 3(u) u8 1(disz) udu gal 1(u) udu-nita2 1(u) 2(disz) [sila4 ba-ur4]
19. elam 4(u) 4(disz)!
20. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) u8 1(gesz2) udu gal 1(gesz2) 6(disz) udu-nita2
21. 2(u) 5(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
left
column 1
1. ur-{d}utu
2. 5(gesz2) 6(disz)
column 2
1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) u8
2. ur-sa6-ga 2(gesz2) 3(u)
column 3
1. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz)
column 4
1. udu ba-ur4 u4 3(disz)-kam
2. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-[bi]

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, 608

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Ozaki Tohru. 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 026963
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.03 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:30 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-10-10 at 09:26:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0608 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203942.
PPAC 5, 0608 artifact entry (No. P203942). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203942 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0608 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203942 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0608 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203942},
}

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