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ASJ 19, 287 12 (P102764)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021679

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. 2(u) udu niga
2. 1(gesz2) masz-da3 niga
3. udu ur5-ra szid-da
4. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}lamma ensi2
5. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
reverse
1. giri3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re sukkal
1 line blank
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-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 19, p.273-291, p. 287 12

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021679
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0345

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2011-07-22 at 13:20:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:06:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:15:27	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 (044772) (044772)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21679) (BM.21679)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-345) (W_1896-0330-345)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 19, 287 12 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102764.

ASJ 19, 287 12 artifact entry (No. P102764). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102764 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 19, 287 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102764 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102764},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 19, 287 12 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P102764.

ASJ 19, 287 12 artifact entry (No. P102764). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102764 (Original work published 2001)

ASJ 19, 287 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102764 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102764},
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