PPAC 5, 0458 (P203516)

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 026352 & BM 026352A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Case of 26352; seal: Ur-ab-ba ds d. Ba-zi ds zì-da)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) zu2-lum gur lugal
2. la2-ia3 su-ga
3. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-i7-edin-na-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-ab-ba dumu ba-zi
2. giri3 ur-{gesz}gigir ka-guru7
3. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ab-ba
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi
4. dub-sar siki-ka

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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  • primary: PPAC 5, 458

    [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 026352 & BM 026352A
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-04 at 15:04:55 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
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
CDLI Seals 004343 (composite) (P457053) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0458 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P203516.
PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry (No. P203516). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203516 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203516 (Accessed: December 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-22]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203516},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203516},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P203516
LB  - CDLI:P203516
M1  - 2025/12/22/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0458 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P203516.
PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry (No. P203516). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203516 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203516 (Accessed: December 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-22]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203516},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203516},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P203516
LB  - CDLI:P203516
M1  - 2025/12/22/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0458 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203516
ER  - 
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