PPAC 5, 0709 (P203202)

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 027328

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Balanced account of barley by Ur-sha6-ga muhaldim, sha13-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) sze gur lugal
2. sze kar-ra gu2 i7 pirig-gin7-du
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. ugu2 ma-ni ba-a-gar
5. mu-kux(DU)
reverse
1. nig2-ka9-ak
2. ba-sa6-ga muhaldim sza13-dub-ba
3. mu ur-bi2-lum{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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Balanced account of barley by Ur-sha6-ga muhaldim, sha13-dub-ba)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 709

    [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 027328
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  • 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
2023-10-28 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
2015-03-13 at 21:47:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 18:06:25 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, 0709 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203202.
PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry (No. P203202). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203202 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203202 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203202},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203202},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203202
LB  - CDLI:P203202
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0709 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203202.
PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry (No. P203202). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203202 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203202 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203202},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203202},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203202
LB  - CDLI:P203202
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0709 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203202
ER  - 
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