PPAC 5, 0647 (P204678)

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 027025

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Flour loaded on boats from Lú-dingir-ra; seal: Lú-dNa-rú-a ds d. Ur-sha6-ga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 9(asz) 2(barig) dabin gur
2. ma2 bi2-la-la
3. 1(gesz2) 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ma2 lu2-nam-tar-ra
4. 1(gesz2) 7(asz) 1(barig) ma2 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu ur-{d}li9-si4
5. zi3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}-ka
reverse
1. i3-dub e2 kikken2
2. ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
3. kiszib3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
4. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
5. mu en-mah-gal-an-na <<mu>> en {d}nanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Flour loaded on boats from Lú-dingir-ra; seal: Lú-dNa-rú-a ds d. Ur-sha6-ga)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 647

    [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 027025
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.03.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact 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 003128 (composite) (P455838) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0647 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204678.
PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry (No. P204678). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204678 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204678 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204678},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204678
LB  - CDLI:P204678
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204678
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0647 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204678.
PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry (No. P204678). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204678 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204678 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204678},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204678
LB  - CDLI:P204678
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0647 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204678
ER  -
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