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DAA 1 127 BM 014741 (P200599)

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 014741

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 3(u) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 uruda
3. ba-la2
4. ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi#-da-ta#
5. lugal-im-ru#-[a]
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. giri3 na-ni
3. giri3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
4. u3 ur-{d}lamma
5. mu us2-sa ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8

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
Measurements (mm): 45.0 high × 40.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (metal)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: DAA 1 (pp. 119-130), p. 127 BM 014741

[Lafont1991Forgerons] Lafont, Bertrand. 1991. “Les Forgerons Sumériens de La Ville de Girsu.” Anatolia Antiqua 1: 119–30. https://doi.org/10.3406/anata.1991.1145.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 014741
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 08:46:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-05-21 at 14:03:38	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact, Other Entity	Willighagen, Lars		Willighagen, Lars	approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2011-07-22 at 14:32:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:22	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034016) (034016)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.14741) (BM.14741)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0407-130) (W_1896-0407-130)

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Cite this Artifact

“DAA 1 127 BM 014741 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200599.

DAA 1 127 BM 014741 artifact entry (No. P200599). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200599 (Original work published 2002)

DAA 1 127 BM 014741 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200599 (Accessed: December 9, 2025).

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Cite this Artifact

“DAA 1 127 BM 014741 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200599.

DAA 1 127 BM 014741 artifact entry (No. P200599). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200599 (Original work published 2002)

DAA 1 127 BM 014741 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200599 (Accessed: December 9, 2025).

@misc{2024DAA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {DAA 1 127 {BM} 014741 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200599},
}

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M1  - 2025/12/9/
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