CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 (P108505)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012938

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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tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz@c) gu4-gesz
2. 1(asz@c) ansze su-ga nu-banda3-gu4 sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
3. 1(disz) gu4-gesz su-su engar
4. gub-ba-am3
5. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz
6. lu2-me-lam2
7. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
8. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2 su-ga nu-banda3-gu4 sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
9. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga su-ga nu-banda3-gu4
10. 1(disz) gu4-gesz su-su engar
11. gub-ba-am3
12. lugal-ki-ag2
13. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
14. 4(asz@c) gu4-gesz
15. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
16. 1(disz) gu4-gesz su-su nu-banda3?-gu4
17. 1(disz) gu4 2(disz) su-su engar
  1 line blank
18. gub-ba-am3
  1 line erased
reverse
1. ur-sa6-ga
2. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
3. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
4. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
5. 2(asz@c) ab2-mah2 su-ga engar sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
6. mu ur-e gu7-a-sze3
7. gub-ba-am3
8. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4 2(disz)
9. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
10. libir-am3
11. 2(asz@c) gu4-gesz
12. 2(asz@c)# ansze su-ga nu-banda3-gu4 sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
13. 1(asz@c) sag-gu4-sze3
  1(asz@c) (#erasure#) sag-gu4-sze3
14. 1(asz@c) gu4-gesz su-ga szabra
15. 1(asz@c) dur3 su-ga szabra gu4-gesz
16. gub-ba-am3
17. la2-ia3 gu4-gesz
18. lu2-dingir-ra
19. ki igi-sa6-sa6-ta
  1 line blank
20. ugula ur-{d}utu nu-banda3-gu4
21. ugula lugal-mudra5
22. gu4 {d}szul-gi

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 7, pl. 17, BM 012938

    [King1899CT7] King, Leonard W. 1899. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 7.

  • collation: OrAnt 15, p.141-144, p. 143

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 012938
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0029

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 07, Pl. 17, BM 012938 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108505.
CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 artifact entry (No. P108505). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108505 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108505 (Accessed: October 30, 2025).
@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 17, {BM} 012938 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108505},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108505},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P108505
LB  - CDLI:P108505
M1  - 2025/10/30/
TI  - CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108505
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CT 07, Pl. 17, BM 012938 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108505.
CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 artifact entry (No. P108505). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108505 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108505 (Accessed: October 30, 2025).
@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 17, {BM} 012938 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108505},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108505},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P108505
LB  - CDLI:P108505
M1  - 2025/10/30/
TI  - CT 07, pl. 17, BM 012938 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108505
ER  -
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