PPAC 5, 0497 (P204906)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026442

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley, lá-ni su-ga Ur-dun má-lah4 kishib Lú-kal-la gìr Ur-dBa-ba6 gu-za-lá; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lú-du10-ga sanga dNin-gír-su)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. la2-ia3 su-ga
3. ur-dun ma2-lah5
4. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 gu-za-la2
2. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
3. mu hu-uh3-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-du10-ga
4. sanga {d}nin-gir2-su-ka

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley, lá-ni su-ga Ur-dun má-lah4 kishib Lú-kal-la gìr Ur-dBa-ba6 gu-za-lá; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lú-du10-ga sanga dNin-gír-su)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 497

    [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 026442
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.06.00
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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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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 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 004770 (composite) (P457480) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0497 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204906.
PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry (No. P204906). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204906 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204906 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204906},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204906
LB  - CDLI:P204906
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204906
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0497 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204906.
PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry (No. P204906). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204906 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204906 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204906},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204906
LB  - CDLI:P204906
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0497 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204906
ER  -
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