BAOM 2, 35 89 (P104952)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012659

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [x udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz)] sila3#
2. [x udu 1(disz) sila3]
3. [sze-bi ...] lu2#-ma2-gan
4. [x udu 1(disz)] 1/2(disz) sila3
5. [x udu] 1(disz) sila3
6. [sze-bi ...] lu2-dingir-ra
7. [x] udu# 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
8. [x] udu# 1(disz) sila3
9. [sze-bi x x] 5(ban2)# an-ne2
reverse
1. [...] 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3#
2. 1(gesz2) 2(disz)? udu 1(disz) sila3
3. sze-bi 3(barig) {d}nanna-si-<sa2>
4. szunigin 5(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
5. szunigin 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
6. sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur
7. u4 5(disz)-kam
8. iti# sze-il2-la
9. [mu] us2#-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAOM 2, p.13-43, p. 35 89

    [Gomi1980BritishMuseum] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “120 Unpublished Administrative Texts from the Ur III Period in the British Museum.” Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo 2: 13–43.

  • history: MVN 19, 105

    [Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: P. Mander, Herdsmen, 07

    [sec7625] Mander, Pietro. n.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012659
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.12.05 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-31 at 18:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BAOM 2, 35 89 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104952.
BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry (No. P104952). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104952 (Original work published 2001)
BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104952 (Accessed: November 7, 2025).
@misc{2024BAOM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104952},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P104952
LB  - CDLI:P104952
M1  - 2025/11/7/
TI  - BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P104952
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BAOM 2, 35 89 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104952.
BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry (No. P104952). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104952 (Original work published 2001)
BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104952 (Accessed: November 7, 2025).
@misc{2024BAOM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104952},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P104952
LB  - CDLI:P104952
M1  - 2025/11/7/
TI  - BAOM 2, 35 89 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P104952
ER  - 
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