PPAC 5, 0650 (P206506)

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 027028 & BM 027028A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Metal, urudu and an-na ki dam-gàr-ta Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da shu-ba-ti; seal: Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da simug d. A2-zi-da)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) ma-na uruda
2. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz@t) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 nagga
3. ki a-gi4-ta
4. 3(u) ma-na uruda
5. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz@t) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 nagga
6. ki ur-e2-gal-ta
reverse
1. 3(u) ma-na uruda
2. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz@t) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 nagga
3. ki nig2-gur11-ta
4. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz@t) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 nagga
5. ki ur-gu2-en-na-ta
6. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
7. szu ba-ti
8. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
envelope
obverse
1. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na uruda
2. 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 nagga
3. ki dam-gar3-ne-ta
4. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da [...]
2. [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Metal, urudu and an-na ki dam-gàr-ta Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da shu-ba-ti; seal: Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da simug d. A2-zi-da)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

seal identified in BM cat III, p. 131

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005208 (composite) (P457918) S005208 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P206506

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 027028 & BM 027028A
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054763
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.27028
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0611-80-a

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 650

    [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
2025-03-04 at 15:04:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2018-05-06 at 16:23:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:19:31 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0650 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P206506.
PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry (No. P206506). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206506 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206506 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206506},
}


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DA  - 2025/3/4/
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M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0650 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P206506.
PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry (No. P206506). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206506 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206506 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206506},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P206506
LB  - CDLI:P206506
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0650 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206506
ER  -
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