Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 (P481018)

Administrative tablet dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 140673

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 4(iku) GAN2 lugal-a2 sanga2(LAK175)
2. 1(esze3) inim-utu-zi nu-banda3
3. 1(bur3) 1/2(iku) ur-{d}en-ki
4. 1(esze3) ama-tir lukur
5. 2(iku) ga-zi
6. 1(iku) 2(asz)+ba e2-kur szusz3
  blank space
7. 4(bur3) 2(esze3) sze 2(esze3) 1(iku) mah lugal-[...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. 2(iku) {d}en-lil2-[la2]
2. 2(iku) la2 1/4(iku) gesz-sza3 lugal-me-te-na
3. 4(iku) la2 1/4(iku) bara2-ga-ni-du10
4. 1(esze3) 1(iku) mu-ni-ni
5. 1(iku) 1/2(iku) mes-e2
6. 2(esze3) la2 1(iku) 1/4(iku) lugal#-ib2-te-ni#-[e3]
7. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku)#? e2-[...]
8. 3(iku) [...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...] x-gal
2. [...] mu#-ni-ni ugula# [...]
3. 3(iku) [...]-zi#
4. 3(iku) 1/4(iku) e2#-an-ne2
5. 2(iku) lugal#-[ki] sanga
  rest broken
column 4
1. 2(iku) 1/4(iku) lugal-ki sanga
2. 2(iku) la2 1/4(iku) lugal-KA
3. 1(esze3) la2 1/4(iku) sze 1(iku) 1/2(iku) ki mu-ni-ni
4. 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) utu-mu-kusz2 sanga
5. 1(iku) igi-su4 nu-banda3
6. 1(esze3) 3(iku) la2 1/4(iku) mu-ni-ni
7. 1(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) ama-bara2-si
8. [...] szesz-ki-na
  rest broken
column 5
1. 1(esze3) 1(iku) e2-kur szusz3
2. 2(iku) u4-bi
3. 1(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) a-zu-zu ab-ba-iri
4. 1(esze3) 1(iku) tir-ku3 gaeszx(KASKAL)
5. 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) ensi2 adab{ki}
6. 3(iku) 1/2(iku) lugal-ki sanga
  blank space
7. asza5 u2-rum
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ni [...]
2'. gala [gurusz]
3'. 4(bur3) 5(iku) sze lugal-da x
4'. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) me-ne
5'. 4(iku) 1/4(iku) mu-ni-ni
6'. 2(esze3) 2(iku) si-du3
7'. 1(bur3) lugal-ki# sanga
8'. 2(iku) ur-gu#
9'. 2(iku) ab-ba#-la-la#
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-si
2'. [...] en-lil2-la2
3'. [...] a-ni-sikil
4'. [...] a-ni-sikil
5'. 1(iku)# 1/2(iku) lu2-pa3
6'. 2(iku) 1/4(iku) e2-ki dam-gar3
7'. 1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) mes-e2 dub-sar-mah
8'. 1(iku) 1/2(iku) sze 2(iku) mah ur-{d}nin-ildu3
9'. 2(iku) la2 1/4(iku) sze 1(iku) mah lugal-ki sanga
column 3
1. [a-sza3 gid2-da]
2. [sze babbar u4 n]
3. [...]
4. [... gu:sur]
5. lugal-za3-ge#-[si] ensi2
6. 7(|BADxDISZ|)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P481018

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 140673
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.140673
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1987-0516-2

References

  • primary: Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik (pp. 209-231), §2.3

    [Bramanti2020FsSommerfeld] Bramanti, Armando. 2020. “The Pottesman Collection in the British Museum: Early Dynastic and Sargonic Administrative Texts.” Edited by Ilya Arkhipov, Leonid Kogan, and Natalya V. Koslova. The Third Millennium: Studies in Early Mesopotamia and Syria in Honor of Walter Sommerfeld and Manfred Krebernik, Cuneiform Monographs, 50: 209–31.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-02 at 07:41:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 07:38:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-02-14 at 14:05:17 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2015-07-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481018.
Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 artifact entry (No. P481018). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481018 (Original work published 2015)
Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481018 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Fs {Sommerfeld} & {Krebernik} 209-231 \textsection{}2.3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481018},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481018},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481018.
Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 artifact entry (No. P481018). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481018 (Original work published 2015)
Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481018 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Fs {Sommerfeld} & {Krebernik} 209-231 \textsection{}2.3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481018},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481018},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P481018
LB  - CDLI:P481018
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 209-231 §2.3 artifact entry
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ER  -
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