AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 (P101743)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014440

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. im di til-la
 en: tablets, completed legal cases
3. {d}szara2-kam ensi2-ka
 en: of Šarakam, the governor,
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
2. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Šašru was destroyed.”

Textual annotations

#new_text=P101743 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 im im[clay] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 di did[lawsuit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 til-la til[complete] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 5 {d}szara2-kam Szarakam[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 ensi2-ka ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 7 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 sza-asz-ru{ki} Szaszru[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 10 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P101743

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 014440
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 018371
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0406-138

References

  • primary: AOAT 025 (pp. 439-450), 437 BM 14440

    [Sollberger1976AOAT25] Sollberger, Edmond. 1976. “Some Legal Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Edited by B. L. Eichelr. Kramer Anniversary Volume : Cuneiform Studies in Honor of Samuel Noah Kramer, Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 25: 439–50.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 010

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-26 at 10:22:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-26 at 08:35:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:31 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:19:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:57 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101743.
AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 artifact entry (No. P101743). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101743 (Original work published 2001)
AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101743 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {AOAT 025, 437 {BM} 14440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101743},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101743},
}


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ID  - P101743
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Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101743.
AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 artifact entry (No. P101743). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101743 (Original work published 2001)
AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101743 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {AOAT 025, 437 {BM} 14440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101743},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101743},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P101743
LB  - CDLI:P101743
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - AOAT 025, 437 BM 14440 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P101743
ER  -
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