BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 (P200591)

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 019098

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
  (not given)
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) erin2 kar-da{ki}
3. 2(gesz2) 2(disz) erin2 a-za-ru-um-da-gi<{ki}>
reverse
1. 2(gesz2) erin2 ki-sur-ra{ki}
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) erin2 gar3!(SZA)-szum{ki}
  (15-18. (not given))
4. szunigin 7(gesz2) 1(disz) erin2-tur dab5-ba
  (rest not given)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200591

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 019098
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0076

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 052067
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19098
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1012-76

References

  • primary: BGDL Waseda University 37, 54 n. 9

    [Maeda1991dumu-dab5-ba] Maeda, Tohru. 1991. “On the Dumu-Dab5-Ba Occurring in the Lagaš Documents of the Ur III Dynasty [in Japanese],” Bulletin of the Graduate Division of Literature of Waseda University, Post Graduate Course: Philosophy-History, , no. 37: 47–58.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-24 at 16:04:52 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:22 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200591.
BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 artifact entry (No. P200591). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200591 (Original work published 2002)
BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200591 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200591.
BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 artifact entry (No. P200591). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200591 (Original work published 2002)
BGDL Waseda University 37 54 n. 9 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200591 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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