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PPAC 5, 0456 (P203886)

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 026347

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Seed of barley a-shà ú-gír-shè ki Ur-dNanshe-ta mu Ab-ba-kal-la d. sanga URUxKAR2ki kishib Ur-dLama ì-dub a-shà mah-ta, mu-ús-sa mu-ús-sa-bi; seal Lú-d[] ds d.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze numun a-sza3 {u2}kiszi17-sze3
3. ki ur-{d}nansze-ta
4. mu ab-ba-kal-la dumu sanga uru11{ki}-sze3!
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma
2. i3-dub a-sza3 mah-ta
3. mu us2-sa mu us2-sa-bi

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Seed of barley a-shà ú-gír-shè ki Ur-dNanshe-ta mu Ab-ba-kal-la d. sanga URUxKAR2ki kishib Ur-dLama ì-dub a-shà mah-ta, mu-ús-sa mu-ús-sa-bi; seal Lú-d[] ds d.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: PPAC 5, 456

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026347
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.41.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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“PPAC 5, 0456 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203886.

PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry (No. P203886). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203886 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203886 (Accessed: May 30, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203886},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203886},
}

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ER  -

“PPAC 5, 0456 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203886.

PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry (No. P203886). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203886 (Original work published 2002)

PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203886 (Accessed: May 30, 2025).

@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203886},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203886},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203886
LB  - CDLI:P203886
M1  - 2025/5/30/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0456 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203886
ER  -

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