ASJ 09, 122 52 (P102270)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 028673

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(szargal){gal} 2(szar'u) 5(szar2) 5(bur'u) 4(bur3)# 2(iku) GAN2
2. GAN2#-gu4 1(gesz'u) libir
3. 3(bur'u) 5(bur3) GAN2
4. zi-ga lugal-ta
5. 4(szar2) 5(bur'u) GAN2
6. nig2-gal2-la didli-ta
7. 4(szar2) 6(bur3)# GAN2
8. [a]-sza3 e-su-dar a-sza3 edin
9. u3 a-sza3 lugal-gaba
  blank space
10. szunigin 3(szargal){gal} 3(szar'u) 5(szar2) 2(bur'u) 5(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2
11. sza3#-bi#-ta#
column 2
1. 2(szar'u) 3(bur'u) 2(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2#
2. zi-ga lugal#
3. szu ur-{d}lamma-[sze3]
4. szu sukkal-mah-sze3#
5. 4(szar2) 6(bur3) GAN2 en3-bi tar-re-dam
6. {d}en-ki
7. 1(szar'u) 6(szar2) 2(esze3) [GAN2]
8. ku5#-ra2 us2-sa# a-sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}-ka
9. mu GAN2 gid2#-sze3
10. 6(szar2) 3(bur'u) 1(bur3) GAN2
11. a#-szesz-e de6-a
12. inim szabra-ne-ta
13. igi# kar2#-kar2#-dam
reverse
column 1
1. 4(szar'u) 7(szar2) 8(bur3)# 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2#
2. zi#-ga didli# u3 a szesz
3. gu4# apin 1(bur'u) 9(bur3) 1(esze3)# GAN2-ta
4. [GAN2]-bi# 2(szargal){gal} 3(szar'u) 4(szar2) 4(bur'u)# GAN2
5. [GAN2]-gu4# u3# szuku [giri3]-se3-ga# gu4 8(gesz2)-kam
6. 1(szar'u) 3(szar2) 3(bur'u) 6(bur3)# 1(esze3) 4(iku)#? GAN2#?
7. nig2#-gal2-la
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8. apin#-la2-a
9. gu4 1(gesz'u)-da nig2#-ka9#-ak# [...]
10. ensi2 gir2-su[{ki}]
11. giri3 ur-nigar[{gar}] sa12-du5# [lugal]
column 2
  blank space
1. [mu] dumu#-munus lugal [ensi2 za]-ab#-[sza-li{ki}-ke4 ba-an-tuku]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ASJ 9, p.89-129, p. 122 52

    [Maekawa1987agricultural-5] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1987. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (V).” Acta Sumerologica 9: 89–129.

  • history: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 68

    [Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

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  • Museum No.: BM 028673
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.05.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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 09:52:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:58:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:46:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:19:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:44:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:15 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 09, 122 52 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102270.
ASJ 09, 122 52 artifact entry (No. P102270). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102270 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 09, 122 52 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102270 (Accessed: June 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 09, 122 52 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102270},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102270},
}


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