PPAC 5, 0092 (P315704)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013227

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for 5 gun of bundles of grass and 10 gun of fine grass. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) dug dida imgaga3
2. 1(u) dug dida saga
3. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ba-zi-ta
4. ma2 u4-zal-la
5. [e2-gal]-la ba-kux(KWU147)
6. [giri3] ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul
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

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt for 5 gun of bundles of grass and 10 gun of fine grass. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 92

    [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: CBT 1, BM 13227

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 013227
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0318

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-21 at 07:45:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-02 at 10:41:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 18:32:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0092 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315704.
PPAC 5, 0092 artifact entry (No. P315704). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315704 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0092 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315704 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0092 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315704},
}


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