Zinbun 18, 101 06 (P142602)

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 016163

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(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 8(disz) sa gi-zi gu-nigin2-na 1(u) la2 1(disz) sa-ta
2. ugula lugal-inim-gi-na
3. amar-ku5-me
4. 6(disz) lugal-sa6-ga
5. 6(disz) lu2-usz-gi-na
6. 2(disz) szer7-da-ni
7. he2-dab5-me
reverse
1. 2(u) 6(asz) gu2
2. 1(asz) in-nu gur ga-a
3. 1(asz) gur lu2-e2-sukud-ra2
  blank space
4. sza3 ga2-nun gesz
5. 3(gesz2) ur-ba-gara2
6. sza3 e2 ur-dun
7. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
8. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
left
1. u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P142602

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 016163
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0383

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025877
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.16163
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-383

References

  • primary: Zinbun 18, p.95-121, p. 101 6

    [Maekawa1982castration] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1982. “Animal and Human Castration in Sumer. Part III: More Texts of Ur III Lagash on the Term Amar-KUD.” Zinbun 18: 95–121.

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 14:24:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:12:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:15 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Zinbun 18, 101 06 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142602.
Zinbun 18, 101 06 artifact entry (No. P142602). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142602 (Original work published 2001)
Zinbun 18, 101 06 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142602 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142602},
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Cite this Artifacts

“Zinbun 18, 101 06 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142602.
Zinbun 18, 101 06 artifact entry (No. P142602). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142602 (Original work published 2001)
Zinbun 18, 101 06 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142602 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142602},
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