CT 03, pl. 40-43, BM 021336 (P108473)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021336

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(asz) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. kiszib3 tuku
3. 2(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
4. i3-dub a-sza3 {gesz}balag
5. kiszib3 nu-tuku
6. ki i-ta-e3-a-ta
7. 4(asz) 4(barig) zi3 gur
8. ki ku-li-ta
9. 2(asz) zi3 gur
10. ki ur-{d}nansze szesz igi-zu-bar-ra-ta
11. 4(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
12. giri3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
13. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur
14. giri3 lu2-gu-la
15. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
16. giri3 ur-nigar{gar}
17. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
18. giri3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
19. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
20. giri3 u18-lal3
21. ki lu2-gu-la dumu ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra-ta
22. 3(asz) 4(barig) gur
23. la2-ia3 su-ga
column 2
1. ki nig2-u2-rum ra2-gaba-ta
2. 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 gur
3. ki ur-nig2 dumu lu2-eb-ta
4. 2(gesz2) 5(asz) 3(barig) 8(disz) sila3 gur
5. ki ur-{d}hendur-sag-ta
  blank space
6. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
7. sza3-bi-ta
8. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
9. 3(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 dabin gur
10. 7(asz) ar-za-na gur
11. ugu2 ur-esz3-ku3-ga ba-a-gar
column 3
1. 1(gesz2) 4(barig) dabin gur
2. ugu2 ur-nigar{gar} dumu ur-sukkal ba-a-gar
3. 8(asz) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
4. ugu2 ur-mes dumu {d}ba-ba6-GIR2@g-gal ba-a-gar
  blank space
5. kiszib3 nu-tuku
6. bala dub-sag
7. ugu2-a ba-a-gar
8. 2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 dabin gur
9. 7(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ar-za-na gur
10. 6(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
11. giri3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
12. 3(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
13. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
14. 5(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) dabin gur
15. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) mu-sza si-ga
16. giri3 lu2-gu-la
17. 2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
18. 3(u) nig2-ar3-ra saga
19. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
column 4
1. 6(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
2. giri3 ur-nigar{gar}
3. 2(asz) 1(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur
4. 3(u) 4(disz) nig2-ar3-ra saga
5. 5(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) dabin gur
6. 8(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
7. giri3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
8. 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
9. 3(u) 4(disz) nig2-ar3-ra saga
10. 5(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 dabin gur
11. giri3 u18-lal3
12. 3(gesz2) 4(asz) 2(barig) 9(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
13. giri3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
14. 5(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) sze-ba geme2 iti 3(disz)-kam
15. ugu2 lu2-gu-la dumu ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra ba-a-gar
16. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur kiszib3 tuku
17. 1(u) 3(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur la2-ia3
18. kiszib3 ur-nig2 dumu lu2-eb
19. 4(u) zi3 sig15 gur
20. mu ur-esz3-ku3-ga-sze3
21. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim
22. 3(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(disz) dabin gu
23. kiszib3 ur-esz3-ku3-ga
reverse
column 1
1. 2(asz) dabin gur
2. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3
3. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ba-zi
4. 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
5. kiszib3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 ma2-lah5
6. 1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
7. kiszib3 lugal-an-na-tum2
8. 5(u) 7(asz) 1(ban2) dabin gur
9. ma2 ur-{gesz}dar-du3
10. 5(u) 5(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin gur
11. ma2 lugal-inim-gi-na
12. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu ur-nigar{gar}
13. 4(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
14. 1(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 dabin gur
15. kiszib3 ur-nigar{gar} dumu ug3-IL2
16. 1(asz) 1(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
17. kiszib3 ur-mes dumu {d}ba-ba6-GIR2@g-gal
  blank space
18. bala egir
column 2
1. 2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
2. 4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu ur-e2-an-na
4. 1(gesz2) dabin gur ma2-ad-ga
5. mu nam-mah szesz tul2-ta-sze3
6. kiszib3 lugal-uszur3
7. ugu2-a ga2-ga2
  blank space
8. szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur
9. szunigin 4(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
10. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
11. sze-bi 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
12. zi-ga
13. la2-ia3 5(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
column 3
1. sza3-bi-ta
2. la2-ia3 3(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
3. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-lu5
4. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze
5. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu na-ba-sa6
6. 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
7. lu2-gu-la dumu uszum-mu2-a
8. 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
9. ur-nigar{gar} dumu ur-ba-gara2
10. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
11. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma dumu da-da
12. 2(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
13. u18-lal3
14. 6(asz) 1(barig) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
15. ur-dun dumu ur-{d}utu
16. 2(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
column 4
1. ur-nig2 dumu lu2-szu-gal
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
3. ugula kikken2-me
4. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
5. la2-ia3-am3
  blank space
6. nig2-ka9-ak
7. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-lu5
8. e2 kikken2 gibil
9. ugula ur-{d}en-gal-du-du
  blank space
10. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P108473

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 021336
Accession Number 1896-03-30, 0002

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000150
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.21336
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0330-2

References

  • primary: CT 3, pl. 40-43, BM 021336

    [King1898CT3] King, Leonard W. 1898. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 3.

  • history: ASJ 2, p.81-125, p. 120

    [Maekawa1980weavers] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1980. “Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Pre-Sargonic and Ur III –.” Acta Sumerologica 2: 81–125.

  • collation: OrAnt 15, p.141-144, p. 142

    [Pettinato1976CT] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1976. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, IV: Collazioni a W. L. King, CT III - V - VII.” Oriens Antiquus 15: 141–44.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:57:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:00 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CT 03, Pl. 40-43, BM 021336 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108473.
CT 03, pl. 40-43, BM 021336 artifact entry (No. P108473). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108473 (Original work published 2001)
CT 03, pl. 40-43, BM 021336 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108473 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 03, pl. 40-43, {BM} 021336 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108473},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CT 03, Pl. 40-43, BM 021336 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108473.
CT 03, pl. 40-43, BM 021336 artifact entry (No. P108473). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108473 (Original work published 2001)
CT 03, pl. 40-43, BM 021336 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108473 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 03, pl. 40-43, {BM} 021336 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108473},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P108473
LB  - CDLI:P108473
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - CT 03, pl. 40-43, BM 021336 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108473
ER  -
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