Borrelli diss. 29 (P207932)

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 023902

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Gurush working in the field mush-bi-eden-na)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

72.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 22.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u2 zi2 1(u) 3(disz) [sar]-ta
2. e2-hi-li szesz#-gal#
3. GAN2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz u2 zi2 1(u) 3(disz) sar-ta
5. {d}nansze-ma-an-szum2# szesz-gal
6. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz al# ak 4(disz) sar-ta
7. ur-{gesz}gigir szesz-gal
8. GAN2 e2-a-lu2-bi
9. 9(disz) gurusz u2 zi2# [...]
10. 7(disz)# gurusz u2# [zi2 ...]
reverse
1. lugal-ab-ba# [...]
2. GAN2 lu2-uru11[{ki}]
3. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz al [ak x] sar-ta
4. ur-ki-gu-la szesz#-gal
5. GAN2 sza3#-gu2-bi
6. lu2 hun-ga2-me
  blank space
7. iti szu-numun
8. u4 2(u)-kam
9. a-sza3 musz-bi-edin-na

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 72.0 high × 48.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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  • primary: Borrelli diss., 29

    [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.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 08:03:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2021-07-09 at 16:18:49 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
“Borrelli Diss. 29 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P207932.
Borrelli diss. 29 artifact entry (No. P207932). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207932 (Original work published 2002)
Borrelli diss. 29 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207932 (Accessed: May 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {Borrelli diss. 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207932},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207932},
}

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