PPAC 5, 0455 (P203885)

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 026346

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for seeding in the ì-dub dEn-ki-ta kishib Ur-gu-la d. Ga-ni gìr SHa6-sha6-ga d. Ba-a; seal Ur-gu-la ds d. Ga-ni)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur sze numun a-sza3 bi2-du11-i3-sa6 gu-la-sze3
3. i3-dub {d}en-ki-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-gu-la dumu ka3-li2
reverse
1. giri3 sa6-sa6-ga dumu ba-a
2. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ki-masz{ki} hu-<ur5>-ti{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-gu-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ka3-li2

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for seeding in the ì-dub dEn-ki-ta kishib Ur-gu-la d. Ga-ni gìr SHa6-sha6-ga d. Ba-a; seal Ur-gu-la ds d. Ga-ni)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PPAC 5, 455

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Ozaki Tohru. 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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026346
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004485 (composite) (P457195) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“PPAC 5, 0455 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203885.
PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry (No. P203885). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203885 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0455 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203885 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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}

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