Kyoto2000 no. G (P145431)

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 018361

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
column 1
1. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. 3(asz) 3(barig) 5(disz) sila3 mun-gazi
3. ur-{d}nansze dumu ur-me-ga?
4. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 gur
5. 2(barig) gu2-gal-gal
6. lu2-du10-ga nu-banda3-gu4
7. 8(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
8. szul-e2-du3-du3
9. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
10. 4(ban2) gu2-gal
11. 3(disz) ab2 mah2
12. 1(u) 6(disz) gu4 gesz
13. 2(disz) ab2 2(disz)
14. 1(disz) gu4 3(disz)
15. 6(disz) ab2 szu-gi4
16. 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
17. 8(disz) dur3 kunga2
19. 8(disz) {ansze}kunga2
column 2
1. 1(disz) szeg9-bar
2. 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) udu
3. 9(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) masz2
4. 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. zum-zum-a
6. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
7. 9(gesz2) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. a2-pi5-lum
9. 3(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
10. lu2-uru11{ki}
11. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
12. ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra
13. 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
14. {d}ba-ba6-igi-du
15. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) 5(disz) sila3 gur
16. ur-{d}da-mu
17. 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 8(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
column 3
1. 1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) [... gur]
2. 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) [... gur]
3. 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [... gur]
4. 5(asz) 2(barig) zu2-lum gur
5. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) [... gur]
6. 2(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 1/3(disz) sila3 [...] {gesz}haszhur had2
7. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 1/3(disz) sila3 [...]
8. 3(barig) {gesz}kisal
9. 4(barig) 1(ban2) 7(disz) {gesz}[...]
10. 4(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gu2 [...]
11. 4(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) nu-ur2-ma
12. 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) [...]-nig2-[...]
13. 4(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...] gur
14. 6(asz) 2(barig) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
15. 5(asz) 4(barig) 7(disz) sila3 ga-[ar3 gur]
16. 1(u) gu2 5(u) 9(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
17. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 igi [...-gal2]
18. ($ blank space $) 1(u) 2(asz) [sze ...]
reverse
column 1
1. 2(u) 7(asz) gur
2. ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra
3. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) 8(disz) sila3 gur
4. giri3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
5. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
6. ba-a-[ga]
7. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) gur
8. dul3-bi
9. i3-dub am3-[...]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
column 3
  blank space

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Kyoto2000 no. G

    [Maekawa2000-51807] Maekawa, Kazuya. 2000.

  • history: PPAC 5, 316

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 018361
  • Accession No.: 1895-03-29, 0019

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:34:57 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:53:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Kyoto2000 No. G Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145431.
Kyoto2000 no. G artifact entry (No. P145431). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145431 (Original work published 2001)
Kyoto2000 no. G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145431 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2024Kyoto2000,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Kyoto2000 no. {G} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145431},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145431},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P145431
LB  - CDLI:P145431
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - Kyoto2000 no. G artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145431
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Kyoto2000 No. G Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145431.
Kyoto2000 no. G artifact entry (No. P145431). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145431 (Original work published 2001)
Kyoto2000 no. G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145431 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2024Kyoto2000,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Kyoto2000 no. {G} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145431},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145431},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P145431
LB  - CDLI:P145431
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - Kyoto2000 no. G artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145431
ER  -
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