BM 019142 (P202957)

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 019142

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(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da]
2. [2(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) {uruda}KIN]
3. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9# ak
4. mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3-a
5. 1(gesz2) 3(u) la2 1(disz) {uruda}ha-bu-da
6. 2(gesz2) 4(disz) {uruda}KIN
7. szu-nigin2 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
8. szu-nigin2 4(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) {uruda}KIN
9. sza3-bi-ta
10. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gu2 {uruda}ha-bu3-da
11. 1(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) {uruda}KIN
12. mu-kux(DU) ba-TI#?
13. zi-ga
reverse
1. la2-ia3 3(u) 5(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) {uruda}KIN
3. la2-ia3-am3
4. nig2-ka9 ak {uruda}KIN {uruda}ha-bu3-da
5. kin til-la
  blank space
6. nig2#-[ka9 ak?]
  rest broken

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM 019142
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-12, 0120

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 019142 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202957.
BM 019142 artifact entry (No. P202957). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202957 (Original work published 2002)
BM 019142 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202957 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 019142 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202957},
}

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