ASJ 03, 158 124 (P102048)

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 015459

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

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 4(asz) sze gur lugal
2. gur sze gesz e3-a-ta
  blank space
3. sze-numun a-sza3 du6-ge6
4. u3 a-sza3 kun-sze3
5. kiszib3 ur-ab-ba nu-banda3-gu4
reverse
1. ugula nig2-u2-rum e2 {d}nansze
2. sze {gesz}epir-gesz-e-gar-ra-ta
  blank space
3. giri3 i3-kal-la
  1 line blank
4. mu# si-mu-ur4:ru-um{ki} [lu]-lu#-bu{ki#} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ab-ba
2. nu-banda3-gu4 {d}nansze
3. dumu esz3-ta-szu-sa6#-[...]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: ASJ 3, p.149-184, p. 158 124

    [Gomi1981BM2] Gomi, Tohru. 1981. “Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets in the British Museum, II.” Acta Sumerologica 3: 149–84.

  • history: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 98

    [Lambert1964Urabba] Lambert, Maurice, and Hugo H. Figulla. 1964. “Les Archives de Urabba Fils de Bazig (II).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 58: 97–110.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 015459
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0186

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2021-12-09 at 11:18:05 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2021-12-09 at 10:46:02 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:19:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:42:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:04 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004347 (composite) (P457057) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“ASJ 03, 158 124 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102048.
ASJ 03, 158 124 artifact entry (No. P102048). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102048 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 03, 158 124 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102048 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
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	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102048},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102048},
}


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