PPAC 5, 0447 (P203943)

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 026318A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of sheep from Lugal-gú-gal to Ka5-a-mu; udu ì, udu niga mu-du-lum; month 5 to 12;seal: Ka5-a-mu d. NI-NI-mu sipa na-kab-tum)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) udu ni 2(u) la2 2(disz) udu niga mu-du-lum
2. 3(gesz2) 5(u) udu niga 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) masz2 niga
3. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) udu u2 6(disz) u8 sila4 nu2-a
4. 1(disz) sila4
5. e2 udu e2-gal-ta
6. ki lugal-gu2-gal-ta
7. kiszib3 ka5-a-mu dumu i3-li2-mu
reverse
1. iti munu4-gu7-ta
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2. iti sze-il2-la-sze3
3. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ka5-a-mu
2. dumu i3-li2-mu
3. sipa na-gab2-tum

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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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Transfer of sheep from Lugal-gú-gal to Ka5-a-mu; udu ì, udu niga mu-du-lum; month 5 to 12;seal: Ka5-a-mu d. NI-NI-mu sipa na-kab-tum)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 447

    [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 026318A
  • Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0136A

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.05.00, Šulgi.48.12.00
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.48.05.00 to Šulgi.48.12.00

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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-12-24 at 16:39:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:27 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata 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 000146 (composite) (P430245) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0447 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203943.
PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry (No. P203943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203943 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203943 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203943},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203943
LB  - CDLI:P203943
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203943
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0447 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P203943.
PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry (No. P203943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203943 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203943 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203943},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P203943
LB  - CDLI:P203943
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203943
ER  -
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