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

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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

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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

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 (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

  • 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.

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  • 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
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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 Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas 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, 0459 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207093.
PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry (No. P207093). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207093 (Original work published 2002)
PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207093 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0459 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207093},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207093},
}


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