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Kennelmen no. 09 (P200983)

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 015496

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) ur-gi7 gal-gal 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
2. 4(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sila3-ta sipa ur-gi7-me
3. 2(disz) dub-sar tur-tur
4. 5(disz) sila3 mar-tu munus
reverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 ma2-gin2? ma2#-gan{ki}
2. 2(disz) sila3 ARAD2-{d}nanna sagi zabar-dab5
3. giri3 ri#-ha#?-ni-x
1 line blank
4. zi-ga# u4# 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
5. iti szu-numun

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
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Kennelmen, 9

[Mander1994kennelmen] Mander, Pietro. 1994. An Archive of Kennelmen and Other Workers in Ur III Lagash. Supplemento Agli Annali, N. 80. Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015496
Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0223

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.04.19
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 14:32:33	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:26	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (037061) (037061)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15496) (BM.15496)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0410-223) (W_1896-0410-223)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Kennelmen No. 09 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200983.

Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry (No. P200983). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200983 (Original work published 2002)

Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200983 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

@misc{2023Kennelmen,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200983},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200983},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Kennelmen No. 09 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200983.

Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry (No. P200983). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200983 (Original work published 2002)

Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200983 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

@misc{2023Kennelmen,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200983},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200983},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P200983
M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - Kennelmen no. 09 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200983
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