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ASJ 02, 025 75 (P101980)

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 012525

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
1. 8(disz) geme2 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. 1(disz) geme2 5(ban2)
3. 2(u) 4(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
4. 2(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
5. 3(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
6. 6(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
7. 8(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
reverse
1. 1(u) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
2. sze-bi 6(asz) 3(barig) gur
3. sze-ba geme2 usz-bar zu2-si-ka
4. iti sze-il2-la
5. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3

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. 25 75

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012525
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.37.12.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
2011-07-22 at 13:19:20	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:05:33	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 (022704) (022704)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12525) (BM.12525)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-137) (W_1895-1214-137)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 02, 025 75 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P101980.

ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry (No. P101980). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101980 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101980 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101980},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 02, 025 75 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P101980.

ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry (No. P101980). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101980 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101980 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101980},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P101980
M1  - 2026/3/28/
TI  - ASJ 02, 025 75 artifact entry
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