BiOr 64, 299 (P202698)

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 018292

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. 1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2)# [...]
2. si-i3-tum# [...]
3. 1(gesz2) gur ki [...]
4. mu an-sza#-[an{ki} ba-hul]
5. 4(asz) 3(barig) ki x-[...]
6. 1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2)# gur# [...]
7. 9(asz) gu2 [...] dumu x [...]
8. 2(u) 4(asz) gur [...]
9. 6(asz) ki lu2-[...]
10. 6(asz) 3(ban2) [...] x
11. ki ur-[...]-x-ta
12. mu [us2-sa] an-sza-an[{ki} ba]-hul
  blank space
13. szunigin 2(gesz2)# 2(u)# 3(barig)# 4(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 gur lugal
14. sag nig2-gur11-ra-kam#
reverse
1. sza3-bi-ta
2. 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)-ta sa2-du11 erisz-dingir
3. 5(disz) sila3 ki-a-nag erisz-dingir-ra
4. 3(disz) sila3 ki-a-nag sza3-ba-<na>-sig
5. sa2-du11 u4 1(disz)-kam
6. iti 1(disz)-sze3
7. sze-bi 7(asz) 1(barig) gur sa2-du11 iti# 1(disz)-kam
8. iti 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3
9. sze-bi 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 3(barig) gur
10. sa2-du11 u4-da-il2
11. 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) nig2 se3-ga
12. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
13. 2(barig) 4(ban2) nig2 se3-ga <<kam>>
14. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
15. 4(barig) 4(ban2) nig2 se3-ga a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
16. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
17. sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2 ezem ki-a-[nag]
18. 1(barig) 2(ban2) {d}szul-gi ezem-ma tusz-a
19. sze-bi 2(barig)
  erased line
20. szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
21. zi-ga-am3
22. la2-ia3 8(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
23. nig2-ka9-ak a2-pi5-lum lu2 lunga
left
column 1
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
2. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul-a-ta
column 2
1. iti sze-il2-la
2. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul-a-sze3
column 3
1. iti 1(u) 8(disz)-kam

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BiOr 64, 299

    [Jagersma2007calendar] Jagersma, Bram. 2007. “The Calendar of the Funerary Cult in Ancient Lagash.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 64: 289–307.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 018292
  • Accession No.: 1894-12-22, 0009

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.34.07.00, Šulgi.35.12.00
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.34.07.00 to Šulgi.35.12.00

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
2023-06-22 at 13:59:24 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand 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
2020-11-13 at 06:17:21 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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

“BiOr 64, 299 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202698.
BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry (No. P202698). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202698 (Original work published 2002)
BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202698 (Accessed: November 14, 2025).
@misc{2023BiOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202698},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BiOr 64, 299 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202698.
BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry (No. P202698). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202698 (Original work published 2002)
BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202698 (Accessed: November 14, 2025).
@misc{2023BiOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202698},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202698
LB  - CDLI:P202698
M1  - 2025/11/14/
TI  - BiOr 64, 299 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202698
ER  -
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