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

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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

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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
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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

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 085305
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-08 at 02:36:43 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-01-08 at 02:33:23 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“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: October 21, 2025).
@misc{2023City,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-21]},
	year = {2023},
	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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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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Cite this Artifact

“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: October 21, 2025).
@misc{2023City,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {City {Life} 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143194},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P143194
LB  - CDLI:P143194
M1  - 2025/10/21/
TI  - City Life 2, 070, no.5 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P143194
ER  -
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