Kennelmen no. 16 (P200988)

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 014587

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. 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. ur-{d}da-mu
3. 2(disz) sila3 ur3-re-ba-du7
4. 2(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su e2-udu
5. 2(disz) sila3 du-szu SIG7-a
6. 5(disz) sila3 mar-tu munus
7. 4(disz) sila3 lu2#-dab5#-ba# en#-nu#
reverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 lu2-dab5-ba ga2-nun gesz-ka <gub-ba>
2. 8(disz) ur-gi7 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
3. ninda-bi 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
4. 2(disz) sila3 sipa ur
  1 line blank
5. zi-ga u4 7(disz)#-kam
6. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6

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
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  • primary: Kennelmen, 16

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 014587
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-07-22 at 14:32:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:26 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Kennelmen No. 16 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200988.
Kennelmen no. 16 artifact entry (No. P200988). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200988 (Original work published 2002)
Kennelmen no. 16 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200988 (Accessed: June 14, 2025).
@misc{2023Kennelmen,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Kennelmen no. 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200988},
}


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