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PPAC 5, 0543 (P203122)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026824

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Withdrawal of food items; sískur ka-sì-ga é-dBa-ba6-shè)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gin2 lal3
2. 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
3. 2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
4. 2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
5. 2(disz) sila3 {gesz}kisal had2
6. 2(disz) sila3 {gesz}haszhur had2
7. 2(disz) sila3 gesztin had2
reverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}pesz3 3(disz) kusz3
2. szuku sag se3-ga
3. e2 {d}ba-ba6-sze3
4. dam ur-{d}nansze dumu na-mu-ka-sze3
5. szuba3 gu-la du3-a
6. zi-ga
7. iti szu-numun
left
1. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Withdrawal of food items; sískur ka-sì-ga é-dBa-ba6-shè)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 543

[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 026824
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054586) (054586)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26824) (BM.26824)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-642) (W_1898-0514-642)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0543 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203122.

PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry (No. P203122). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203122 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203122 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203122},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203122
LB  - CDLI:P203122
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203122
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0543 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203122.

PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry (No. P203122). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203122 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203122 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203122},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203122
LB  - CDLI:P203122
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0543 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203122
ER  -