AOAT 025, 438 BM 19360 (P101747)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 019360

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
1. di til-la
 en: Completed legal case
2. 1(disz) e2 ur-tur muhaldim
 en: 1 house of Urtur the cook
3. mu sila4-tur dam ur-tur-ke4
 en: because Silatur, wife of Urtur,
4. egir5 ur-tur ba-usz2-ta
 en: after Urtur died,
5. dam kur2-e ba-an-tuku-a-sze3
 en: took a foreign husband,
6. ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-tur-ra
 en: to Urlamma, son of Urtur,
7. ba-na-gi-in
 en: (the house) was assigned
8. sila4-tur-e
 en: and Silatur
9. tug2 in-ur3
 en: gave it up
10. iri-i3-da-zal!(GAG) maszkim
 en: Iridazal was the enforcer
reverse
  blank space
1. lu2-{d}szara2
 en: Luszara
2. lu2-eb-gal
 en: Luebgal
3. ur-{d}isztaran
 en: Urisztaran
4. di-ku5-bi-me
 en: were the judges
5. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{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/P101747

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 019360
Accession Number 1895-10-14, 0008

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 018374
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19360
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1014-8

References

  • primary: AOAT 025 (pp. 439-450), 438 BM 19360

    [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: Fs Greenfield, 613-614, no. 3

    [Sigrist1995FsGreenfield] Sigrist, Marcel. 1995. “Some Di-Til-La Tablets in the British Museum.”

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-27 at 09:43:49 Sagittario, Enea Translation Sagittario, Enea Lafont, Bertrand 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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
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, 438 BM 19360 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101747.
AOAT 025, 438 BM 19360 artifact entry (No. P101747). (2024, August 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101747 (Original work published 2001)
AOAT 025, 438 BM 19360 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101747 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101747},
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Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 025, 438 BM 19360 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101747.
AOAT 025, 438 BM 19360 artifact entry (No. P101747). (2024, August 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101747 (Original work published 2001)
AOAT 025, 438 BM 19360 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101747 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101747},
}


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