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ASJ 10, 088 2 (P102400)

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 023871

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
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
  blank space
2'. [...]-da?
3'. [...]-ra
4'. [...] sila3
5'. [...] ur?-gu-la
6'. [...]-a gub-ba
7'. [...]-ra
8'. [...] me-ku-ru-a
9'. [...] kun#? i7 {d}na-ru2-a kiszib3 sza3-la2-su3
10'. [x] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-a gub-ba
11'. lu2#-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da nu-banda3
12'. [x] ninda gid2 im-du8-a
13'. [x] 1/2(disz) ninda-ta
14'. [...] 5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
15'. [...]-e gu3 ba-an-de2
16'. [...] ur#-{d}lamma dumu nam-mah
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. 4(disz) dumu ba-usz2 [...]
3'. iti mu-szu-du7
  blank space
4'. dumu ba-usz2-me
5'. mu i3-tur-tur-re-a-sze3
6'. ensi2-e szu bi2-ba
7'. ur-{d}nansze dumu ur-{d}ig-alim
8'. u3 ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6 maszkim
9'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
10'. ugula ba-zi-ge
11'. 2(disz) gurusz u4 3(u)-sze3 bala gub-ba
12'. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
column 1
1. 2(disz) gurusz u4 2(u)-sze3 <sze> szu# nu#-ti#?-a
2. iti mu-szu-[du7]
3. nu-banda3 lu2-{d}nin#-[gir2]-su dumu lugal-erin2
4. ugu2 ur-nig2 ba-a-gar
5. u4 2(u)-sze3 ur-mes gudu4 {d}lamma lu2 gu2-ne-sag-ka-sze3
6. lu2-e2-kar-re maszkim
7. u4# 2(u)-sze3 ur-{d}lamma i3-du8 {d}na-ru2-a
8. ur#-{d}nansze dumu ur-{d}ig-alim maszkim
9. [erin2] bala# tusz-a
10. [...]-{d}ba-ba6
11. [...] ur#-mes lu2 gu2-ne-sag
12. [...] x
column 2
1. 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a2 gul
2. x-a sze szu ti-a
3. [... {d}]szul-gi
4. [...] KU-ta [...] du
5. [... u4] 1(disz)-sze3
6. [...] x
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: ASJ 10, p.37-94, p. 88 2

    [Maekawa1988labor] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1988. “New Texts on the Collective Labor Service of the Erín-People of Ur III Girsu.” Acta Sumerologica 10: 37–94.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 023871
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: --.--.08.00, --.--.09.00
  • Alternative Years:
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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
2019-12-23 at 18:02:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-12-20 at 08:39:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:20:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:44:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:18 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 10, 088 2 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102400.
ASJ 10, 088 2 artifact entry (No. P102400). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102400 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 10, 088 2 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102400 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 10, 088 2 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102400},
}


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