ASJ 19, 144 128 (P102685)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 018345

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
column 1
1. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. 3(u) 6(disz) tug2
3. engar sza3-gu4-me
4. 3(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5. 2(u) 5(disz) tug2
6. erin2-me
7. ugula nam-mah
8. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
9. 4(u) 2(disz) tug2
10. engar sza3-gu4-me
11. 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
12. 2(u) tug2
13. erin2-me
14. ugula ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6
15. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su
16. 1(gesz2) 4(barig) gur
17. 3(u) 7(disz) tug2
18. engar sza3-gu4-me
19. 2(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
20. 2(u) 4(disz) tug2
21. erin2-me
22. ugula ur-mes
23. 4(u) 4(asz) gur
24. 3(u) 7(disz) tug2
25. engar sza3-gu4-me
26. 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
27. 2(u) 3(disz) tug2
28. erin2-me
29. ugula ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
30. e2 szabra
31. 1(gesz2) 3(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur
32. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) tug2
33. engar sza3-gu4-me
column 2
1. 4(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
2. 2(u) 6(disz) tug2
3. erin2-me
4. ugula ur-e2-ninnu
5. 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur
6. 5(u) 1(disz) tug2
7. engar sza3-gu4-me
8. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur
9. 3(u) la2 1(disz) tug2
10. erin2 u3 gudu4-me
11. ugula lugal-za3-ge-si
12. e2 {d}nansze
13. 1(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
14. 1(u) 3(disz) tug2
15. engar sza3-gu4-me
16. 2(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
17. 1(u) 8(disz) tug2
18. erin2-me
19. e2 {d}nin-dar-a
20. 4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
21. 2(u) 3(disz) tug2
22. engar sza3-gu4-me
23. 4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
24. 5(u) 7(disz) tug2
25. erin2-me
26. e2 {d}dumu-zi ugula tul2-ta
27. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur
28. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) tug2
29. engar sza3-gu4-me
30. 1(gesz2) 5(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur
31. 4(u) 5(disz) tug2
32. erin2-me
33. e2 {d}szul-gi
column 3
1. ugula ur-gu-la
2. 1(gesz2) 9(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
3. 4(u) 7(disz) tug2
4. e2-gal-ta
5. 2(u) 1(barig)? 5(ban2) gur
6. ki dub-sar gu4 1(u)-ta
7. engar sza3-gu4-me
8. 4(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
9. 4(u) 3(disz) tug2
10. e2-gal-ta
11. 3(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
12. ki dub-sar gu4 1(u)-ta
13. erin2-me
14. e2 {d}amar-{d}suen
15. ugula ur-tur
16. u3 ur-{d}en-gal-du-du
17. 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
18. 4(u) 8(disz) tug2
19. engar sza3-gu4-me
20. 1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
21. 1(u) 4(disz) tug2
22. erin2-me
23. ugula du11-ga-zi-da
24. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
25. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
26. e2-gal-ta
27. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
28. ki dub-sar gu4 1(u)-ta
29. 3(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
30. ki ($ blank space $)
column 4
1. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) tug2
2. engar sza3-gu4-me
3. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
4. e2-gal-ta
5. 1(asz) gur
6. ki ($ blank space $)
7. erin2-me
8. ugula lu2-iri-sag
9. e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}
10. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
11. 2(gesz2) tug2
12. erin2 engar sza3-gu4-me
13. e2 ba-gara2
14. e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
15. e2 uru11{ki}
16. e2 {d}inanna
17. u3 e2 {d}nin-sun2
18. 4(u) 5(disz) tug2
19. e2-gal-ta
20. ugula ba-ad-da-ri2
  blank space
21. szabra sanga-me
22. 2(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3
23. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir
24. 2(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur#
25. ugula {d}utu-bar-[ra]
26. 2(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) x
reverse
column 1
1. ugula ur-[...]
2. erin2 e2-sukkal#
3. nu-banda3 a-hu-a#
4. 3(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3
5. ugula lu2-{d}[...]
6. 3(u) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) [sila3]
7. ugula na-ba-sa6#
8. 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur#
9. ugula lugal-eridu[{ki}-sze3]
10. erin2 esz3 didli-[me]
11. nu-banda3 igi-AN-[...]
12. 2(u) 9(asz) [...] gur#
13. ugula lu2-{d}x
14. 2(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
15. ugula ur-{d}lamma
16. 2(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
17. ugula lu2-{d}ba-ba6
18. erin2 e2-gu-za-la2-me
19. nu-banda3 ur-{d}nun-gal
20. 2(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
21. 1(u) <1(u)> tug2
22. nu-banda3 gu3-de2-a
23. 4(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
24. 2(u) 7(disz) tug2
25. erin2 gi NE la2-a-me
26. 1(u) 8(asz) gur
27. 7(disz)? tug2
28. erin2 e2 na-ba-sa6-me
29. nu-banda3 ur-{d}nansze
30. dumu al-la
31. 1(gesz2) 3(barig) gur
32. 2(u) 6(disz) tug2
33. nu-banda3 ur-ki-siki-ka
column 2
1. 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
2. 4(u) 2(disz) tug2
3. nu-banda3 lu2-nigin6{ki}
4. erin2 {gesz}ma-nu u3 erin2 gi NE la2-a-me
5. 8(disz) tug2
6. bahar2 munu4-mu2-me
7. ugula ad-da-mu
8. 6(disz) tug2
9. erin2 bur2 e2 {d}nin-gir2-su-me
10. giri3-se3-ga ugnim{ki}-me
11. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
12. dumu dab5-ba-me
13. nu-banda3 ba-ad-da-ri2-<<me>>
14. 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
15. ugula gir2-su{ki}-ki-du10
16. 7(asz) 1(ban2) gur
17. ugula ur-{d}szar2-ur3-ra
18. 1(u) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
19. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
20. 1(u) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
21. ugula ($ blank space $)
22. erin2 gi-zi-me
23. nu-banda3 lugal-gu2-gal
24. 5(u) 1(asz) gur
25. aga3-us2 ensi2-me
26. ugula a-hu-a
27. 4(u) gur
28. gab2-ra ansze ama-me
29. ugula szesz-kal-la szusz3
column 3
1. 1(gesz2) gur
2. lu2 ma2-ad-ga-me
3. 2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
4. ma2-lah5-me
5. 5(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gur
6. lu2 mar-sa-me
7. ugula nam-mah
8. 6(asz) gur
9. gaszam-me
10. ugula lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
11. dumu ba-zi
12. 1(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
13. erin2 bur2 e2 {d}nin-gir2-su-me
14. ugula lugal-ab-ba
  blank space
column 4
  blank space
1. sze tug2 e2-gal-ta szu ti-a
2. erin2 engar sza3-gu4
3. u3 lu2 didli-me
  1 line blank
4. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P102685

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 018345
Accession Number 1895-03-29, 0003

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 044693
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.18345
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-0329-3

References

  • primary: ASJ 19, p.113-145, p. 144 128

    [Maekawa1997agricultural-11] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1997. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (XI).” Acta Sumerologica 19: 113–45.

  • history: PPAC 5, 308

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:20:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:06:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:46:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 13:27:36 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:15:18 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 19, 144 128 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P102685.
ASJ 19, 144 128 artifact entry (No. P102685). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102685 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 19, 144 128 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102685 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 19, 144 128 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P102685.
ASJ 19, 144 128 artifact entry (No. P102685). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102685 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 19, 144 128 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102685 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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