AnOr 45, 314 56 (P101708)

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 012643

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
beginning broken
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
2'. [...] engar
3'. [...] mer# hi
4'. [...] kur# hi
5'. [... bar n] 1(iku) ki
6'. [...] GAN2#
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column 1'
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1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...] GAN2
3'. [...] GAN2 5(asz) <gur>
4'. [...] GAN2 4(asz) 2(barig)
5'. [...] GAN2 3(asz) 2(barig)
6'. [...] GAN2 3(asz) 1(barig)
7'. [...] GAN2# 4(asz)
8'. [...] GAN2# su3
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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Textual annotations

#new_text=P101708 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 mer mer[north] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 hi hi[mix] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 9 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 kur kur[east] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 hi hi[mix] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 12 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 bar bar[unknown] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 n _(_)[_] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 15 1(iku) 1(iku)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 5(asz) 5(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 27 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 4(asz) 4(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 31 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 34 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 35 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 36 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 39 1(barig) 1(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 42 4(asz) 4(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 43 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 45 su3 sug[empty] VERB V _ _ _ _ _

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: AnOr 45, p. 314 56

[Pettinato1969rundenTafeln] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1969. Texte Zur Verwaltung Der Landwirtschaft in Der Ur-III Zeit. « Die Runden Tafeln ». Analecta Orientalia 45. Roma: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.
history: MVN 19, 137

[Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012643
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-19 at 16:23:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-19 at 16:20:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
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
2011-07-22 at 13:18:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:05:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 09:41:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:57	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (015701) (015701)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12643) (BM.12643)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-255) (W_1895-1214-255)

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Cite this Artifact

“AnOr 45, 314 56 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101708.

AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry (No. P101708). (2024, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101708 (Original work published 2001)

AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101708 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101708},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AnOr 45, 314 56 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101708.

AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry (No. P101708). (2024, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101708 (Original work published 2001)

AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101708 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 19},
	title = {AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101708},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/19/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P101708
LB  - CDLI:P101708
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - AnOr 45, 314 56 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P101708
ER  -