PPAC 5, 0418 (P207820)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026133

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Beer and fat for the palace, the àga-ush lugal and others)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz du e2-gal-sze3
2. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 6(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 i3 aga3-us2 lugal-bi 3(disz)
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
reverse
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 6(disz) sila3 ninda 6(disz) gin2 i3 lu2 {gesz}tukul giri3 sukkal-mah-ka gub
3. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Beer and fat for the palace, the àga-ush lugal and others)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P207820

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 026133
Accession Number

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 418

    [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
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
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, 0418 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207820.
PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry (No. P207820). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207820 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207820 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207820},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207820},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PPAC 5, 0418 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207820.
PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry (No. P207820). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207820 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207820 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207820},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207820},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P207820
LB  - CDLI:P207820
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0418 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207820
ER  - 
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