Kaskal 15, 73 (P202578)

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 028688

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Wool account; mu Ur-ab-ba énsi mu lugal-e gìr si-bí-sá)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. la2-ia3 1(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na# siki-gi
2. mu ur-ab-ba ensi2
3. 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 2(disz) ma-na
4. la2-ia3 siki udu gub-ba
5. la2-ia3 3(u) 3(disz) udu#
6. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 6(disz) ma#-[na]
7. la2-ia3-am3#
8. mu lugal-e giri3 [si] bi-sa2-[a]
9. szunigin 4(asz) gu2 2(u) la2 2(disz) [ma-na]
10. sag-nig2-gur11-[ra-kam]
reverse
1. sza3-bi-[ta]
2. 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma#-[na]
3. ba-[zi]
4. e2#-kiszib3-ba ba-[an-ku4]
5. ur-{d}nin-su szu [ba?-ti?]
6. la2-ia3 2(asz) gu2 3(u)# [2(disz) ma-na]
7. hal-la-tum-[bi] 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na#
8. la2-ia3 mu 2(disz)-kam
9. lugal-ni bi2-ra
10. siki udu {d}szul-pa-e3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Wool account; mu Ur-ab-ba énsi mu lugal-e gìr si-bí-sá)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) [uncertain]
Accounting Period Ur-Abba.01.00.00 to Ur-Namma.B.00.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P202578

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 028688
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 73

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 455

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2020-10-26 at 11:01:34 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Kaskal 15, 73 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202578.
Kaskal 15, 73 artifact entry (No. P202578). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202578 (Original work published 2002)
Kaskal 15, 73 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202578 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Kaskal 15, 73 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202578.
Kaskal 15, 73 artifact entry (No. P202578). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202578 (Original work published 2002)
Kaskal 15, 73 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202578 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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