PPAC 5, 0544 (P202857)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026825

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley account, si-ì-tum nì-ka9-ak Ba-zi-ge su-su-dam; from case)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 2(ban2) sze lugal
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
3. ba-zi-ge
reverse
1. su-su-dam
2. mu sza-asz-ru{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley account, si-ì-tum nì-ka9-ak Ba-zi-ge su-su-dam; from case)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P202857

Physical information

frag of case adhering

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026825
Accession Number

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 544

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-04 at 14:32:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0544 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202857.
PPAC 5, 0544 artifact entry (No. P202857). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202857 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0544 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202857 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202857},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0544 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202857.
PPAC 5, 0544 artifact entry (No. P202857). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202857 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0544 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202857 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	month = {mar 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202857},
}

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