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

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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

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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
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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
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column 2
  beginning broken
  blank space
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012309
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-07-22 at 12:40:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:19:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:03 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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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: July 25, 2025).
@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P102012
LB  - CDLI:P102012
M1  - 2025/7/25/
TI  - ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry
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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: July 25, 2025).
@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102012},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P102012
LB  - CDLI:P102012
M1  - 2025/7/25/
TI  - ASJ 03, 060 09 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P102012
ER  -
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