ASJ 02, 024 69 (P101974)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 017930

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze ur5-ra
3. mu-kux(DU)
4. ki ur-{d}nansze-ta
reverse
1. szul-e2-du3-du3-e!
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
4. mu us2-sa an-sza{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
5. 2(u) 6(asz)# [4(barig)] sze# gur lugal
6. sze# ur5-ra mu-kux(DU)
blank space
7. ki ur-{d}nansze-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 szul-e2-du3-du3
2. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
blank space
3. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szul-e2-du3-du3
2. dub-sar
3. [dumu ur-{d}]lamma
4. nu-banda3-gu4?

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)

Textual annotations

#new_text=P101974 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 6(asz) 6(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 4(barig) 4(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 7 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 ur5-ra urra[loan] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 mu-kux(DU) mukur[delivery] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 10 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 ur-{d}nansze-ta Urnansze[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 12 szul-e2-du3-du3-e Szuledudu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 13 szu szu[hand] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 14 ba-ti n] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2 Gurabimumu[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 us2-sa us[follow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 19 an-sza{ki} Anszan[1] PROPN GN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 20 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 22 6(asz) 6(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 23 4(barig) 4(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 sze sze[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 27 sze sze[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 ur5-ra urra[loan] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 mu-kux(DU) mukur[delivery] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 31 ur-{d}nansze-ta Urnansze[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 32 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 szul-e2-du3-du3 Szuledudu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 34 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 35 gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2 Gurabimumu[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 36 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 us2-sa us[follow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 38 an-sza-an{ki} Anszan[1] PROPN GN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 39 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 szul-e2-du3-du3 Szuledudu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 41 dub-sar dubsar[scribe] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 42 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 43 ur-{d}lamma Urlamma[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 44 nu-banda3-gu4 nubandagu[ox_overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: ASJ 2, p.1-36, p. 24 69

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 017930
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.35.02.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	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
2013-06-29 at 14:19:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:19:20	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:05:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 09:42:18	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:15:02	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 (022699) (022699)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17930) (BM.17930)
The British Museum Collection (W_1894-1015-190) (W_1894-1015-190)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004264 (composite) (P456974)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 02, 024 69 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P101974.

ASJ 02, 024 69 artifact entry (No. P101974). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101974 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 02, 024 69 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101974 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 02, 024 69 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P101974.

ASJ 02, 024 69 artifact entry (No. P101974). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101974 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 02, 024 69 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101974 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101974},
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