City Life 2, 070, no.5 (P143194)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 085305

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(u) 8(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. nig2 zi-zi lugal
3. 7(asz) guru7 4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
4. nig2 zi-zi iri
  blank space
5. szunigin 2(u) 6(asz) guru7 8(gesz2) 5(asz) 3(barig) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
6. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. 7(gesz2) 2(u) gu4-apin
2. sze tum3-bi 2(u) 2(asz) guru7
3. 4(u) gu4-apin mu a-sza3 ku5-ra2 udu udu gukkal-sze3
4. mu-kux(DU)
5. la2-ia3 4(asz) guru7 8(gesz2) 5(asz) 3(barig) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
6. la2-ia3 1(asz) guru7 la2-ia3 mu bala-e ki lu2 nig2-dab5-ke4-ne
7. 5(asz) guru7 8(gesz2) 5(asz) 3(barig) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
8. la2-ia3 szum2-mu-dam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P143194

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 085305
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 047568
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.85305
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1899-0415-112

References

  • primary: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 70 no. 5

    [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.

  • citation: ASJ 9, p.89-129, p. 99

    [Maekawa1987agricultural-5] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1987. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (V).” Acta Sumerologica 9: 89–129.

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
2017-01-08 at 12:57:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-01-08 at 02:36:43 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-08 at 02:33:23 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“City Life 2, 070, No.5 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P143194.
City Life 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry (No. P143194). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143194 (Original work published 2001)
City Life 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143194 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {City {Life} 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143194},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“City Life 2, 070, No.5 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P143194.
City Life 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry (No. P143194). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143194 (Original work published 2001)
City Life 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143194 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143194},
}


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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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ID  - P143194
LB  - CDLI:P143194
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - City Life 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P143194
ER  -
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