Borrelli diss. 11 (P317789)

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 018073

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Areas of fields to be cultivated (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 saga
2. 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 murgu2
3. a-sza3 ambar-lagasz{ki} a-sza3 szuszin{ki}
4. us2-sa a-sza3 {d}nanna-ka a2 im-ulu3-bi
5. 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2
6. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 murgu2
7. a-sza3 bara2-si-ga igi-nim kalam-sa6-ga{ki}
8. 3(bur3) GAN2 us2-sa a2 im-ulu3-a2-da gu-za-la2
9. a-sza3 gaba ur-tur
10. 6(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 murgu2
11. gaba a-sza3 lugal-sza3
12. us2-sa i7 LUM-ma-gin7-du10-[ga]
reverse
1. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
2. a-sza3 kuruszda gaba a-sza3 ba-x-tur
  blank space
  with finger prints
3. 1/2(disz) szuku du3-du3-a gir2-su{ki}
4. giri3-se3-ga e2-kuruszda
5. ugula lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
6. 3(bur'u) 9(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2
7. a-sza3 ambar-lagasz{ki} szitim-e-ne
8. ($ blank space $) saga
  erasure before saga
9. ($ blank space $) murgu2
  erasure before murgu2
10. ($ blank space $) i7
  erasure before i7
11. a-sza3 da-lugal szitim-e-ne
  blank space
12. nu-dib

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Borrelli diss., 11

    [Borrelli2013diss] Borrelli, Noemi. 2013. “Managing the Land: Agricultural Administration in the Province of Ĝirsu/Lagaš During the Ur III Period.” Phdthesis, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L’Orientale.

  • history: CBT 2, BM 018073 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 018073
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-16, 0036

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 08:03:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-07-11 at 19:07:23 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Borrelli Diss. 11 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317789.
Borrelli diss. 11 artifact entry (No. P317789). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317789 (Original work published 2006)
Borrelli diss. 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317789 (Accessed: September 22, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317789},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Borrelli Diss. 11 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P317789.
Borrelli diss. 11 artifact entry (No. P317789). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317789 (Original work published 2006)
Borrelli diss. 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317789 (Accessed: September 22, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317789},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317789},
}

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