RA 058, 105, 085 (P127907)

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 016021

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  (conflicting information!)
1. 2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim
  1 line blank
2. iti amar-a-a-si
3. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}[ba-ba6]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 105 85

    [Lambert1964Urabba] Lambert, Maurice, and Hugo H. Figulla. 1964. “Les Archives de Urabba Fils de Bazig (II).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 58: 97–110.

  • history: CBT 2, p. 26

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

    (CatBM 2, 026 lists contents and seal under BM 16029)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 016021
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0241

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.10.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:09:38 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2011-07-22 at 13:58:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003198 (composite) (P455908) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“RA 058, 105, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P127907.
RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry (No. P127907). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127907 (Original work published 2001)
RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127907 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127907},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127907},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2025/8/14/
TI  - RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“RA 058, 105, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P127907.
RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry (No. P127907). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127907 (Original work published 2001)
RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127907 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127907},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127907},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P127907
LB  - CDLI:P127907
M1  - 2025/8/14/
TI  - RA 058, 105, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127907
ER  - 
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