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BAOM 2, 36 97 (P104960)

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 012888

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. sze-bi 4(barig) 3(ban2) lu2-ma2-gan
3. 3(gesz2) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
4. sze-bi 4(barig) 3(ban2) lu2-dingir-ra
5. 3(gesz2) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
6. sze-bi 4(barig) 3(ban2) an-ne2
7. 3(gesz2) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
8. sze-bi 4(barig) 3(ban2) {d}nanna-si-<sa2>
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) sila4 diri 1/2(disz) sila3
2. sze-bi 4(ban2) lu2-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
blank space
3. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz)! udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
4. szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) sila4 diri 1/2(disz) sila3
5. sze-bi 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
6. u4 8(disz)-kam
7. iti sze-il2-la
8. x
left
1. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BAOM 2, p.13-43, p. 36 97

[Gomi1980BritishMuseum] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “120 Unpublished Administrative Texts from the Ur III Period in the British Museum.” Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo 2: 13–43.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012888
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.12.08
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:52:22	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:23:41	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:36	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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“BAOM 2, 36 97 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P104960.

BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry (No. P104960). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104960 (Original work published 2001)

BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104960 (Accessed: June 5, 2025).

@misc{2023BAOM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104960},
}

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TI  - BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry
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“BAOM 2, 36 97 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P104960.

BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry (No. P104960). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104960 (Original work published 2001)

BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104960 (Accessed: June 5, 2025).

@misc{2023BAOM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104960},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P104960
LB  - CDLI:P104960
M1  - 2025/6/5/
TI  - BAOM 2, 36 97 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P104960
ER  -

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