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ASJ 14, 242 90 (P102540)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023821

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
1. 3(gesz2) 1(u) sze gur lugal
2. an-ne2-ba-du7 engar
3. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) gur
4. szubur-ra engar
5. 4(u) 2(barig) gur
6. a-sza3 gu4-suhub2
7. GAN2-gu4 lugal-pa-e3-a
8. ugula ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da#
9. gu4 {d}szul#-gi#
reverse
1. a-sza3 [...] x [x]
2. 2(gesz2)# 1(u) 4(asz)# 4(barig) [x] gur
3. ur-mes engar
4. GAN2-gu4 ab-ba-mu dumu ur-tar
5. ugula lu2-lagasz{ki}
6. a-sza3 ki-BAD a-|ZI&ZI|
7. in-bi nu-de2
8. sze gesz e3-a
9. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: ASJ 14, p.173-243, p. 242 90

[Maekawa1992agricultural-8] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1992. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (VIII).” Acta Sumerologica 14: 173–243.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 023821
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2012-09-03 at 21:11:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:20:17	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:06:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:15:22	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034779) (034779)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.23821) (BM.23821)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-203) (W_1898-0215-203)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 14, 242 90 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102540.

ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry (No. P102540). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102540 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102540 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102540},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 14, 242 90 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102540.

ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry (No. P102540). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102540 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102540 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).

@misc{2023ASJ,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102540},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P102540
LB  - CDLI:P102540
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - ASJ 14, 242 90 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P102540
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