ASJ 03, 060 09 (P102012)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012309

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
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) sze gur lugal
2'. sza3-bi-ta
3'. 1(bur'u) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
4'. 2(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2-ta
5'. a-sza3 {d}inanna
6'. 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
7'. 3(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2-ta
8'. 6(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)-ta
9'. 4(iku) GAN2 ki mun-gazi
10'. mur-bi 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
  calculation 4/18 × 150 sila3 mur-gu4 per bur3 = 33 1/3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] 2(disz) sila3
2'. a-sza3 {d}inanna
3'. 1(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
4'. a-sza3 erin2-na
5'. igi e2-duru5 {d}inanna
6'. 4(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
7'. 1(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2-ta
8'. a-sza3 ad-da
9'. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
10'. a-sza3 erin2-na
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. a-sza3 nin-inim-gi-na
2'. 3(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)-ta
3'. a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
  blank space
4'. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
5'. zi-ga
6'. la2-ia3 2(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) [...] sila3# gur
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
  blank space
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P102012

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 012309
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 023028
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12309
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1224-22

References

  • primary: ASJ 3, p.37-61, p. 60 9

    [Maekawa1981agricultural-1] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1981. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (I).” Acta Sumerologica 3: 37–61.

  • history: MVN 17, 75

    [Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-07-22 at 12:40:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:19:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:03 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 03, 060 09 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102012.
ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry (No. P102012). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102012 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102012 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 03, 060 09 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102012.
ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry (No. P102012). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102012 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102012 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
}


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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P102012
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry
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