PPAC 5, 0444 (P203325)

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 026314

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for Nippur; 600 she gur lugal ì-dub sha6-ga-tur-ta ki Ba-zi-ta má-a si-ga Nibruki-shè kishib U2-ú d. Ur-ab-ba; seal: U2-ú d. Ur-ab-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub sa6-ga tur-ta
3. ki ba-zi-ta
4. ma2-a si-ga nibru{ki}-sze3
5. kiszib3 u2-u2 dumu ur-ab-ba
reverse
1. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. u2-u2
2. dumu ur-ab-ba ugula

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley for Nippur; 600 she gur lugal ì-dub sha6-ga-tur-ta ki Ba-zi-ta má-a si-ga Nibruki-shè kishib U2-ú d. Ur-ab-ba; seal: U2-ú d. Ur-ab-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006384 (composite) (P464011) S006384 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203325

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026314
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054419
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.26314
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0514-132-a

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 444

    [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
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0444 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203325.
PPAC 5, 0444 artifact entry (No. P203325). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203325 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0444 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203325 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203325},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0444 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203325.
PPAC 5, 0444 artifact entry (No. P203325). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203325 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0444 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203325 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203325},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203325},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203325
LB  - CDLI:P203325
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0444 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203325
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