UNT 012 (P141843)

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 012405

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(asz) gu2 4(u) 7(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
2. 2(asz) gu2 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
3. 1(u) 8(asz) gu2 la2 1(disz) ma-na tug2# 3(disz)-kam us2#
4. 4(u) 1(asz) gu2 8(disz) ma-na tug2# [4(disz)-kam us2]
5. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 7(disz) ma-na siki du#
6. 1(gesz2) 5(asz) gu2 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na [siki hi-a]
7. lugal-me-lam2 na-[gada]
8. 3(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3#
9. 4(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 us2# lugal#
10. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na tug2 [3(disz)-kam us2]
11. 7(asz) gu2 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na# [tug2 4(disz)-kam us2]
12. 8(disz)# ma-[na siki du]
reverse
1. [1(u) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki hi-a]
2. ur-{d}x [... na-gada]
  blank space
3. szunigin 2(asz) gu2 1(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2# [szar3]
4. szunigin 3(asz) gu2 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na tug2 us2# [szar3]
5. szunigin 1(u) 9(asz) gu2 3(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)#-[kam us2]
6. szunigin 4(u) 8(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) ma-na tug2 [4(disz)-kam us2]
7. szunigin 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki [du]
  blank space
8. szunigin2 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) gu2 1(u) 8(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-[na siki hi-a]
9. siki ba-la2 u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
10. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
11. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P141843

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 012405
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 016947
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12405
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1214-17

References

  • primary: Waetzoldt, UNT, 12

    [Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:22:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:10:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:05:37 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UNT 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P141843.
UNT 012 artifact entry (No. P141843). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141843 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141843 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023UNT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {UNT 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141843},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P141843
LB  - CDLI:P141843
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - UNT 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P141843
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UNT 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P141843.
UNT 012 artifact entry (No. P141843). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141843 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141843 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023UNT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {UNT 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141843},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P141843
LB  - CDLI:P141843
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - UNT 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P141843
ER  -
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