PPAC 5, 0443 (P203362)

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 026313

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley, gur of 62 sìla, for flour, she nì-gál-la é-dNin-gír-su-ta kishib Ma-an-sì; seal: Ma-an-sì ds d. Lugal-[])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. zi3 KA-sze3 sze nig2 gal2-la
3. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su-ta
4. kiszib3 ma-[an-szum2-na?]
5. giri3 [...]
6. iti [...]
reverse
1. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki}
seal 1
1. ma-an-szum2-[na]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2?-[...]
  edition has lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley, gur of 62 sìla, for flour, she nì-gál-la é-dNin-gír-su-ta kishib Ma-an-sì; seal: Ma-an-sì ds d. Lugal-[])
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 003772 (composite) (P456482) S003772 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203362

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 026313
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054418
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.26313
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0514-131-a

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 443

    [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
2014-02-02 at 10:10:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI 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, 0443 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203362.
PPAC 5, 0443 artifact entry (No. P203362). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203362 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0443 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203362 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0443 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203362.
PPAC 5, 0443 artifact entry (No. P203362). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203362 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0443 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203362 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203362},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203362},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203362
LB  - CDLI:P203362
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0443 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203362
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