CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017760 (P108556)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017760

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. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) [x GAN2] a-sza3 du6-szuba3
2. 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gaba du6-szuba3
3. dingir-ra
4. 2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 du11-ga-AN
5. lugal-iri-da
6. 2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 gaba du6-szuba3
7. ur-dun dumu erin!-da
8. 2(bur'u) 4(bur3) [...] GAN2
9. a-sza3 du6-szuba3
10. 2(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gaba du6-szuba3
11. 1(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-tu ma2-lah5
12. 2(bur3) 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 igi-du8
13. 1(bur'u) 4(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(barig) 3(ban2) murgu2
14. a-sza3 du11-ga-AN
  1 line blank
15. mar#-tu-me
reverse
1. nu-u3-dabx(U8)!

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P108556

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 017760
Accession Number 1894-10-15, 0020

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000235
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.17760
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1015-20

References

  • primary: CT 7, pl. 43, BM 017760

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

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

    [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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2011-07-22 at 13:28:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 07, Pl. 43, BM 017760 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108556.
CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017760 artifact entry (No. P108556). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108556 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017760 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108556 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 43, {BM} 017760 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108556},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108556},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 07, Pl. 43, BM 017760 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P108556.
CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017760 artifact entry (No. P108556). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108556 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017760 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108556 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 43, {BM} 017760 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108556},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108556},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P108556
LB  - CDLI:P108556
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017760 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108556
ER  -
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