CT 05, pl. 36-37, BM 017751 (P108484)

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 017751

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) la2 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
3. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
4. i3-dub du6-ma-nu
5. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) gur
6. i3-dub {d}szul-gi-zi-kalam-ma
7. 3(gesz2) 1(u) gur
8. i3-dub igi-gal2-{d}lugal-uru11{ki}
9. sze sumun
10. 9(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
11. i3-dub ur-nig2 ku3-dim2
12. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) gur
13. i3-dub e2-duru5-ur-li
14. 1(asz) 5(ban2) sze in-nu-ha gur
15. i3-dub e2-duru5-{d}lugal-a2-zi-da
16. 9(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
column 2
1. i3-dub e2-duru5-me-luh-ha{ki}
2. 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 6(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur
3. i3-dub he-gal2
4. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 4(barig) gur
5. i3-dub temen-szu-tur-ne
6. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) gur
7. sze du-du
8. sze gibil
9. 1(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
10. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
11. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(barig) gur
12. i3-dub igi-gal2-{d}lugal-uru11{ki}
13. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
14. i3-dub e2 sipa-tur
15. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
16. i3-dub {d}nin-gir2-su-a2-zi-da-{d}nansze
reverse
column 1
1. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) gur
2. i3-dub a-gar3 gibil
3. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) gur
4. i3-dub a-pi4-sal4-musz-bi-edin-na
5. 1(asz) guru7 4(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
6. gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-sze3-du
7. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) gur
8. i3-dub gu2 i7 tir-sikil
9. 3(gesz2) la2 1(asz) gur
10. i3-dub sipa-tur
11. 3(gesz2) 1(u) gur
12. i3-dub igi-gal2-{d}lugal-uru11{ki}
13. 5(gesz2) 3(barig) gur
14. i3-dub a-pi4-sal4-lugal-nam-iri-na
15. 1(gesz2) 9(asz) gur
16. i3-dub e2-duru5-gibil-{d}nansze
column 2
1. 2(gesz'u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
2. i3-dub bara2-si-ga
3. 2(asz) gur
4. i3-dub a-sza3 zi-du8-ha
5. 5(u) 6(asz) 5(ban2) gur
6. i3-dub sza3 a-sza3 zi-du8-ha
7. sze sumun
8. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
9. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag-lu2-ku3-nun
10. 5(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) gur
11. sze lah5
12. sze gibil
13. 1(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
14. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
  blank space
15. i3-dub ha-la-a
16. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P108484

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 017751
Accession Number 1894-10-15, 0011

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000163
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.17751
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1015-11

References

  • primary: CT 5, 36-37, BM 017751

    [King1898CT5] King, Leonard W. 1898. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 5.

  • history: JESHO 20, p.129-165, p. 136 3

    [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. 715

    [sec10013] N.d.

  • collation: OrAnt 15, p.141-144, p. 142

    [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 13:39:11 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
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-02-12 at 08:26:29 British Museum Transliteration British Museum CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:00 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 05, Pl. 36-37, BM 017751 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108484.
CT 05, pl. 36-37, BM 017751 artifact entry (No. P108484). (2024, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108484 (Original work published 2001)
CT 05, pl. 36-37, BM 017751 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108484 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {CT 05, pl. 36-37, {BM} 017751 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108484},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 05, Pl. 36-37, BM 017751 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108484.
CT 05, pl. 36-37, BM 017751 artifact entry (No. P108484). (2024, October 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108484 (Original work published 2001)
CT 05, pl. 36-37, BM 017751 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108484 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 3},
	title = {CT 05, pl. 36-37, {BM} 017751 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108484},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P108484
LB  - CDLI:P108484
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - CT 05, pl. 36-37, BM 017751 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108484
ER  -
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