PPAC 5, 0446 (P203237)

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 026316

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for seeding a-shà pú-shu-i-ne, from A-tu-kal-la kishib Du11-ga-dBa-ba6 shesh A-kal-la shabra; seal: Du11-ga-dBa-ba6 ds d. [])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze numun-sze3
3. a-sza3 tul2 szu-i-ne-ta
4. ki a-tu-kal-la-ta
5. kiszib3 du11-ga-{d}ba-ba6 szesz a-kal-la szabra
reverse
1. iti mu-szu-du7
2. mu us2-sa si-mu-ur4-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul
seal 1
  illegible

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
  • Material: Clay
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    identified in BM cat III

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for seeding a-shà pú-shu-i-ne, from A-tu-kal-la kishib Du11-ga-dBa-ba6 shesh A-kal-la shabra; seal: Du11-ga-dBa-ba6 ds d. [])
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 446

    [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 026316
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.09.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:27 CDLI Atf CDLI 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0446 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203237.
PPAC 5, 0446 artifact entry (No. P203237). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203237 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0446 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203237 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0446 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203237},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203237},
}

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