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CT 09, pl. 35, BM 021251 (P108589)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021251

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3
3. a-dar-szen lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
4. 6(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3 sza3-iri
6. 2(disz) dug dida du 3(ban2) dabin
7. 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz kaskal-sze3
8. e2-ki-bi gesz u2 bil2-sze gen-na
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
10. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu
11. i-di3-a lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
13. 2(disz) gin2 i3
14. {d}szul-gi-i3-li2 a-sza3 aga3-us2-ne gen-na
15. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda!
16. 2(disz) gin2 i3
17. {d}suen-ba-ni ki u18-ba-a-sze3 gen-na
reverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. ur-{d}ma-mi
3. giri3 ur-{d}utu
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3
6. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a ma2-gin2
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3
9. ha-la-a szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 2(disz) gin2 i3
12. mi-da-a sukkal
13. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
14. 2(disz) gin2 i3
15. szu-{d}utu gesz-sze3 gen-na
16. giri3 ur-nigar{gar}
17. 2(disz) sila3 ninda sipa ur-ra
1 line blank
18. zi-ga u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
19. iti szu-numun

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CT 9, pl. 35, BM 021251

[King1900CT9] King, Leonard W. 1900. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum.
history: BM Messenger, 335

[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021251
Accession No.: 1895-11-12, 0010

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.04.12
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2014-08-24 at 12:10:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:28:55	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:11:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:02	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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“CT 09, Pl. 35, BM 021251 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108589.

CT 09, pl. 35, BM 021251 artifact entry (No. P108589). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108589 (Original work published 2001)

CT 09, pl. 35, BM 021251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108589 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 09, pl. 35, {BM} 021251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108589},
}

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“CT 09, Pl. 35, BM 021251 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108589.

CT 09, pl. 35, BM 021251 artifact entry (No. P108589). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108589 (Original work published 2001)

CT 09, pl. 35, BM 021251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108589 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 09, pl. 35, {BM} 021251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108589},
}

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M1  - 2025/4/29/
TI  - CT 09, pl. 35, BM 021251 artifact entry
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