PPAC 5, 0653 (P204625)

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 027032

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Lu-Baba to Ur-Enlilla; seal: Ur-dEn-líl-lá ds d. Inim-sha6 kurushda)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. ki lu2-{d}ba-ba6-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-a-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ka-sa6 kuruszda

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley from Lu-Baba to Ur-Enlilla; seal: Ur-dEn-líl-lá ds d. Inim-sha6 kurushda)
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 004883 (composite) (P457593) S004883 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P204625

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 027032
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054767
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.27032
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0611-84-a

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 653

    [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
2014-02-02 at 12:37:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0653 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204625.
PPAC 5, 0653 artifact entry (No. P204625). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204625 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0653 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204625 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204625},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0653 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204625.
PPAC 5, 0653 artifact entry (No. P204625). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204625 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0653 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204625 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0653 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204625},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204625},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204625
LB  - CDLI:P204625
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0653 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204625
ER  -
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