PPAC 5, 0455 (P203885)

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 026346

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 in the ì-dub dEn-ki-ta kishib Ur-gu-la d. Ga-ni gìr SHa6-sha6-ga d. Ba-a; seal Ur-gu-la ds d. Ga-ni)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur sze numun a-sza3 bi2-du11-i3-sa6 gu-la-sze3
3. i3-dub {d}en-ki-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-gu-la dumu ka3-li2
reverse
1. giri3 sa6-sa6-ga dumu ba-a
2. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ki-masz{ki} hu-<ur5>-ti{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-gu-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ka3-li2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley for seeding in the ì-dub dEn-ki-ta kishib Ur-gu-la d. Ga-ni gìr SHa6-sha6-ga d. Ba-a; seal Ur-gu-la ds d. Ga-ni)
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 004485 (composite) (P457195) S004485 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203885

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 026346
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054437
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.26346
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0514-164-a

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 455

    [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, 0455 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203885.
PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry (No. P203885). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203885 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203885 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203885},
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0455 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203885.
PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry (No. P203885). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203885 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203885 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203885},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203885},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203885
LB  - CDLI:P203885
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203885
ER  -
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