City Life 2, 098 (P143191)

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 025559

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
rest broken
column 1'
1. [x dub]-sar# gu4 apin
2. [ab-ba] ab-ba-me
3. [x] nu-banda3-gu4
4. [x] szesz-tab-ba
5. [x] engar
6. [x] gu4-da-re-a
7. [x] a#-igi-du8
8. [x] gu-za-la2
9. [x] nagar
10. giri3#-se3-ga gu4
11. [x] nu-banda3
12. 3(u) 3(disz) erin2
13. 5(disz) gurusz nu-dab
14. nu-banda3 nam-ha-ni
15. 4(disz) gurusz
16. 1(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz)
17. a2-bi 4(disz) 2/3(disz)
18. ug3-IL2-me
19. ugula szesz-kal-la
20. 1(disz)# szabra
21. [x] dumu# szabra
22. [x] aga3-us2
23. [1(disz)] sza13#-dub-ba
24. [x szesz]-tab-ba
rest broken
column 2'
1. a2-[bi x]
2. ug3-[IL2-me]
3. ugula lugal-iri#-[da]
4. 3(disz) lu2 gesz#-[i3]
5. e2 {d}nin-dar-a
6. 1(disz) sanga
7. 7(disz) aga3-us2
8. 1(disz) sza13-dub-ba
9. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
10. 1(disz) sa12-du5
11. 1(disz) ka-guru7
12. 1(disz) szar2-ra-ab-du
13. 1(disz) ab-ba-iri#
14. ab-ba ab#-[ba-me]
15. 3(disz) nu-banda3#-[gu4]
16. 6(disz) szesz-[tab-ba]
17. 1(u) 6(disz) [engar]
18. 3(u) 2(disz) gu4-[da-re-a]
19. 2(disz) a-igi#-[du8]
20. 2(disz) nagar#
21. 2(disz) ad-[kup4]
22. 2(disz) tug2 [du8]
23. 3(disz) maszkim [gu-za-la2]
24. giri3-se3-[ga gu4]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [1(disz)] dub#-sar# gu4# [apin]
2'. ab-ba ab#-[ba-me]
3'. 3(disz) nu-banda3-gu4#
4'. 6(disz) szesz-tab-ba
5'. 1(u) 5(disz) engar
6'. 3(u) gu4-da-re#-[a]
7'. 1(disz) gu-za-la2
8'. giri3-se3-ga gu4
9'. [x] nu-banda3
10'. [x] szesz-tab-ba
11'. [x] ugula
12'. [x] szesz-tab-ba
13'. n 2(u) 6(disz) erin2
14'. erin2 nu-dab
15'. nu-banda3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
16'. ugula# a-kal-la
17'. [1(disz)] szabra
18'. 1(disz) aga3-us2
19'. 1(disz) sza13-dub-ba
20'. 1(disz) sa12-du5
21'. 1(disz)# szesz-tab-ba
22'. [1(disz)] ka-guru7
23'. ab#-ba ab-ba-[me]
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...]-ba
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x
4'. [...] x
rest 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: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 98

[Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025559
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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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 14:25:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:14:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 13:27:58	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 12:16:30	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:08:14	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (047571) (047571)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25559) (BM.25559)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-613) (W_1898-0216-613)

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Cite this Artifacts

“City Life 2, 098 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P143191.

City Life 2, 098 artifact entry (No. P143191). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143191 (Original work published 2001)

City Life 2, 098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143191 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143191},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“City Life 2, 098 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P143191.

City Life 2, 098 artifact entry (No. P143191). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143191 (Original work published 2001)

City Life 2, 098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143191 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {City {Life} 2, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143191},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143191},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/28/
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