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RA 058, 105, 088 (P127910)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016220

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) [i3]-gesz
2. [lugal]
3. i3-ba he2-[dab5]
4. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
blank space
5. kiszib3 du11-ga-ni
reverse
blank space
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
seal 1
(legend broken)

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 105 88

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 016220
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0440

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:58:18	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:31:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:41:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:25:37	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (014577) (014577)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.16220) (BM.16220)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-440) (W_1896-0612-440)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 058, 105, 088 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127910.

RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry (No. P127910). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127910 (Original work published 2001)

RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127910 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127910},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 058, 105, 088 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127910.

RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry (No. P127910). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127910 (Original work published 2001)

RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127910 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127910},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P127910
LB  - CDLI:P127910
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - RA 058, 105, 088 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127910
ER  -