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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 026138Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Barley for sheep going from Nippur to the sheepfold of the palace; Amar-shuba ì-dab5)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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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
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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Seal information:
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
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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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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054341) (054341)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26138) (BM.26138)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-1192) (W_1898-0216-1192)
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Cite this Artifacts
“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: January 24, 2026).
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