PPAC 5, 0686 (P203907)

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 027083

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of barley from Ur-Baba to Urmes son of Urgar)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 szabra-ta
3. kiszib3 [...]-mu
4. nu-banda3 ug3-IL2
5. ur-mes dumu ur-nig2
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Transfer of barley from Ur-Baba to Urmes son of Urgar)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203907

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 027083
Accession Number

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 686

    [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, 0686 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203907.
PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry (No. P203907). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203907 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203907 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203907},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203907},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0686 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203907.
PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry (No. P203907). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203907 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203907 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203907},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203907},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203907
LB  - CDLI:P203907
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0686 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203907
ER  - 
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