ASJ 19, 287 10 (P102762)

Administrative tag 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 018913

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. e2-du6-la
 en: estates of
3. ensi2
 en: the governors
4. u3 dumu-ne-ne
 en: and their sons,
reverse
1. lu2 szabra sanga-ne
 en: the chief house and temple administrators,
  lu2 erasure?
3. i3-gal2
 en: are here.
  blank space
4. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P102762

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 018913
Accession Number 1895-03-30, 0081

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 044770
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.18913
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-0330-81

References

  • primary: ASJ 19, p.273-291, p. 287 10

    [Maekawa1997confiscation-2] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1997. “Confiscation of Private Properties in the Ur III Period: A Study of é-Dul-La and Níg-GA (2). Supplement 1.” Acta Sumerologica 19: 273–91.

  • history: Landless and Hungry (pp. 50-73), 52

    [deMaaijer1998Landless] Maaijer, Remco de. 1998. “ Land Tenure in Ur Ill Lagaš.” In Landless and Hungry? Access to Land in Early and Traditional Societies. Proceedings of a Seminar Held in Leiden, 20 and 21 June, 1996, edited by B. Haring and Remco de Maaijer, 50–73. Leiden, The Netherlands.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-23 at 19:07:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2016-12-12 at 08:42:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:32 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:20:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:06:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:27 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 19, 287 10 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P102762.
ASJ 19, 287 10 artifact entry (No. P102762). (2024, October 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102762 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 19, 287 10 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102762 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102762},
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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 19, 287 10 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P102762.
ASJ 19, 287 10 artifact entry (No. P102762). (2024, October 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102762 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 19, 287 10 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102762 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 23},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102762},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102762},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - ASJ 19, 287 10 artifact entry
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