PPAC 5, 0437 (P203802)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026166

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Flour from SHa6-sha6-ga to Ur-dIg-alim; kishib Ur-mes shabra.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) dabin gur lugal
2. ki sa6-sa6-ga-ta
3. ur-{d}ig-alim-ke4
4. kiszib3 ur-mes szabra
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Flour from SHa6-sha6-ga to Ur-dIg-alim; kishib Ur-mes shabra.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203802

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 026166
Accession Number

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 437

    [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, 0437 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203802.
PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry (No. P203802). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203802 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203802 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203802},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0437 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203802.
PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry (No. P203802). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203802 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203802 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203802},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203802
LB  - CDLI:P203802
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0437 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203802
ER  - 
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