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

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

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

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
  some text moved to next line
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

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.48.05.00 to Šulgi.48.12.00

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000146 (composite) (P430245) S000146 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203943

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 026318A
Accession Number 1898-05-14, 0136A

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054423
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 11584

References

  • 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.

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
2023-03-09 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, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:27 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI 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, 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: October 21, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203943},
}


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TI  - PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“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: October 21, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	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  - 2026/10/21/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0447 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203943
ER  -
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