PPAC 5, 0459 (P207093)

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 026353

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Withdrawal of flour (nì-àr-ra zíz-an and dabin) kishib énsi-ka shà Ninaki; seal dedicated to SHulgi Ur-d[Lama} gudu4 d[] [ir11-zu])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) zi3 gu
2. 2(ban2) zi3 dub-dub
3. 1(barig) 5(ban2) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra
4. e2-gibil {d}[...]
5. [...] zi3 dub-dub
reverse
  (covered by envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 2(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3 lugal
2. 5(ban2) dabin
3. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
4. sza3 nibru{ki}
reverse
1. zi-ga
  rest broken
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita [kal-ga]
3. lugal [uri5{ki}-ma]
column 2
1. lugal [an-ub-da limmu2-ba]
2. ur-{d}[lamma]
3. sza3-tam
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Withdrawal of flour (nì-àr-ra zíz-an and dabin) kishib énsi-ka shà Ninaki; seal dedicated to SHulgi Ur-d[Lama} gudu4 d[] [ir11-zu])
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006168 (composite) (P458878) S006168 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.05.-- (us2 year), Amar-Suen.03.06.00 (us2 year)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P207093

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 026353
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 054442
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.26353
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0514-171-a

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 459

    [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.

  • history: QNAR 1, BM 26353

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

    (seal)

Revisions and credits

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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI 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

Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0459 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207093.
PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry (No. P207093). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207093 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207093 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207093},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207093},
}


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TI  - PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0459 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207093.
PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry (No. P207093). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207093 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207093 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207093},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207093},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P207093
LB  - CDLI:P207093
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207093
ER  -
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