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ASJ 02, 017 47 (P101952)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015926

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. szu-igi-du
3. 3(ban2) iti-de3 la2-a
blank space
4. szunigin 6(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. sza3-bi-ta
6. 1(asz) gur sa2-du11
7. iti 1(disz)-a-kam iti 6(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. sze-bi 6(asz) gur
2. zi-ga
3. la2-ia3 1(barig) 1(ban2) sze
4. nig2-ka9-ak lugal-ezem [gudu4 {d}]lugal-u4-<da>
blank space
5. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lugal-ezem
2. gudu4 {d}lugal-u4-da
3. dumu [...]-ni

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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: ASJ 2, p.1-36, p. 17 47

[Gomi1980BM1] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets in the British Museum, I.” Acta Sumerologica 2: 1–36.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015926
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0146

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 16:33:49	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:41:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:19:18	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:05:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 09:42:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:15:02	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (022677) (022677)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15926) (BM.15926)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-146) (W_1896-0612-146)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003459 (composite) (P456169)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 02, 017 47 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P101952.

ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry (No. P101952). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101952 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101952 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101952},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 02, 017 47 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P101952.

ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry (No. P101952). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101952 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101952 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101952},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P101952
LB  - CDLI:P101952
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - ASJ 02, 017 47 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P101952
ER  -