CT 03, pl. 17, BM 014594 (P108448)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014594

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. 4(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki!
2. si-i3-tum 2(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na siki!
3. mu e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3
4. ur-{d}lamma dumu me-luh-ha
reverse
1. su-su-dam
2. kiszib3 ur-e2-ninnu dumu du-du
3. mu ur-{d}lamma dumu me-luh-ha-sze3
4. mu amar-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.39.00.00 to Amar-Suen.01.00.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P108448

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 014594
Accession Number 1896-04-06, 0292

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000128
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.14594
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0406-292

References

  • primary: CT 3, pl. 17, BM 014594

    [King1898CT3] King, Leonard W. 1898. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 3.

  • history: JESHO 20, p.129-165, p. 142 7

    [Parpola1977Meluhha] Parpola, Simo, Asko Parpola, and Robert H. Brunswig. 1977. “The Meluḫḫa Village: Evidence of Acculturation of Harappan Traders in Late Third Millennium Mesopotamia?” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 20: 129–65.

  • history: Japanese catalogue , no. 716

    [sec10013] N.d.

  • collation: OrAnt 15, p.141-144, p. 141

    [Pettinato1976CT] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1976. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, IV: Collazioni a W. L. King, CT III - V - VII.” Oriens Antiquus 15: 141–44.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-03 at 16:06:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 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
2016-07-28 at 14:23:08 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:59 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 03, Pl. 17, BM 014594 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108448.
CT 03, pl. 17, BM 014594 artifact entry (No. P108448). (2024, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108448 (Original work published 2001)
CT 03, pl. 17, BM 014594 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108448 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {CT 03, pl. 17, {BM} 014594 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108448},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108448},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 03, Pl. 17, BM 014594 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108448.
CT 03, pl. 17, BM 014594 artifact entry (No. P108448). (2024, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108448 (Original work published 2001)
CT 03, pl. 17, BM 014594 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108448 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {CT 03, pl. 17, {BM} 014594 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108448},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108448},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P108448
LB  - CDLI:P108448
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - CT 03, pl. 17, BM 014594 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108448
ER  -
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