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Borrelli diss. 34 (P206863)

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 024915

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Allocation of field areas to several persons.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

48.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-sza3 igi-U8-LU-a{ki}
2. nimgir-ki-ag2 lu2 lunga# i3-dab5
3. a-sza3# KU-dim2
4. ur-a-ka-sahar lu2-kisal i3-dab5
5. a-sza3 du6-asz
6. a-sza3 e2-da-gar-ra#
7. lugal-u3-ma i3-<dab5>
reverse
1. a-sza3 a-lal3
2. ur-{d}lamma dumu a-tu i3-dab5
blank space
3. ugula sanga uru11{ki}

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
Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 40.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Allocation of field areas to several persons.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Borrelli diss., 34

[Borrelli2013diss] Borrelli, Noemi. 2013. “Managing the Land: Agricultural Administration in the Province of Ĝirsu/Lagaš During the Ur III Period.” Phdthesis, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L’Orientale.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024915
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-12 at 08:03:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
2021-07-12 at 14:08:29	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		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 (053351) (053351)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24915) (BM.24915)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-1297) (W_1898-0215-1297)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Borrelli Diss. 34 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P206863.

Borrelli diss. 34 artifact entry (No. P206863). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206863 (Original work published 2002)

Borrelli diss. 34 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206863 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {Borrelli diss. 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206863},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Borrelli Diss. 34 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P206863.

Borrelli diss. 34 artifact entry (No. P206863). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206863 (Original work published 2002)

Borrelli diss. 34 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206863 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {Borrelli diss. 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206863},
}

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