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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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Chemical Data

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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

Text

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)

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, 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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 014587
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.08.07
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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 (037066) (037066)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.14587) (BM.14587)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0406-285) (W_1896-0406-285)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“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: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2023Kennelmen,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	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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M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - Kennelmen no. 16 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“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: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2023Kennelmen,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Kennelmen no. 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200988},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P200988
LB  - CDLI:P200988
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - Kennelmen no. 16 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200988
ER  -