PPAC 5, 0069 (P202207)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 013032

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) udu kab-ku-ku
2. mu-kux(DU)
3. ha-ba-lu5-ge2
4. sza3 nigin6{ki}
reverse
1. mu us2-sa-a mu us2-sa-a-bi
  sic
seal 1
1. ha-ba-lu5-ge2
2. ensi2#
3. adab#[{ki}]

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: PPAC 5, 69

    [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.

  • history: BagM 28 (pp. 97-183), taf. 6 (seal)

    [Fischer1997BagM28] Fischer, Claudia. 1997. “Siegelabrollungen Im British Museum Auf Ur-III-Zeitlichen Texten Aus Der Provinz Lagaš; Untersuchung Zu Den Verehrungsszenen.” Baghdader Mitteilungen 28: 97–183.

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  • Museum No.: BM 013032
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0123

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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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
2024-06-24 at 14:26:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-23 at 11:10:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006372 (composite) (P463996) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0069 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202207.
PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry (No. P202207). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202207 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202207 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202207},
}

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TI  - PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0069 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202207.
PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry (No. P202207). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202207 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202207 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202207},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202207
LB  - CDLI:P202207
M1  - 2025/7/27/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0069 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202207
ER  - 
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