PPAC 5, 0300 (P317943)

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 018263

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Leather for the house of the messengers and to make glue (åe-gín) received by Kuraniåa; case unopened; seal: Gú-ra-ni-ì-åa6 dumu Lugal-[ ] (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) kusz gu4
2. 1(u) kusz udu
3. e2 kas4-sze3
4. 5(disz) kusz amar gu4 u
5. sze-gin2-sze3
6. e2 ur4-ra-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ku4-ra-ni-i3-sa6
2. iti szu-numun
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ku4-ra-ni-i3-sa6
2. dumu lugal-[{gesz}gigir]

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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 (messenger text Leather for the house of the messengers and to make glue (åe-gín) received by Kuraniåa; case unopened; seal: Gú-ra-ni-ì-åa6 dumu Lugal-[ ] (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PPAC 5, 300

    [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 2, BM 018263 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 018263
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-18, 0013

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.04.00
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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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-02-02 at 10:04:50 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 002680 (composite) (P455390) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0300 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317943.
PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry (No. P317943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317943 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317943 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317943},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317943
LB  - CDLI:P317943
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317943
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0300 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317943.
PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry (No. P317943). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317943 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317943 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024PPAC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317943},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P317943
LB  - CDLI:P317943
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0300 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317943
ER  -
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