PPAC 5, 0423 (P205068)

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 026138

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for sheep going from Nippur to the sheepfold of the palace; Amar-shuba ì-dab5)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) 1(disz) udu masz2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. nibru{ki}-ta
3. e2 udu e2-gal-ka
4. ba-an-ku4
reverse
1. amar-szuba3 i3-dab5
2. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2 u4 3(disz) ba-zal
3. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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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    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for sheep going from Nippur to the sheepfold of the palace; Amar-shuba ì-dab5)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 423

    [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 026138
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.02.03
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0423 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205068.
PPAC 5, 0423 artifact entry (No. P205068). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205068 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0423 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205068 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0423 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205068},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205068},
}


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