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Fs Pettinato 182, 2 (P211378)

Legal 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 022861

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

83.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [ur?-gu2?]-en-[na] x x
2'. [...] x x [...]
3'. geme2#-kasz#?-SZIM# [... n]
4'. u3 ur-{d}szara2# szesz#-[a]-na
5'. in-szi-sa10#
6'. geme2#-kasz#?-SZIM ama-ni
7'. u3 nin9-a-ne-ne
8'. ga#-an-du8 bi2-esz
9'. di-ku5-re-ne
10'. sag sa10-a nu-du8-a#? inim lugal
reverse
1. [nu-szub-ba in-gi-ne2-esz]
2. [...]-sa6#-in-zu# nam-geme2-sze3
3. ur-gu2-en-na-ra ba-na-gi-in
4. ba-ba-mu maszkim
blank space
5. iti# diri sze-sag11-ku5 u3#
6. iti sze-sag11-ku5
7. mu# gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2# [ba-dim2]

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): 83.0 high × 50.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Fs Pettinato p.175-184, p. 182, 2

[Molina2004legal-texts] Molina, Manuel. 2004. “Some Neo-Sumerian Legal Texts in the British Museum.” In Von Sumer Nach Ebla Und Zurück. Festschrift. Giovanni Pettinato Zum 27. September 1999 Gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen Und Schülern, edited by Hartmut Waetzoldt, 175–84. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient, Band 9. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022861
Accession No.: 1897-05-11, 0007

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.11.00, Amar-Suen.03.11d.00 (intercalated)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.03.11.00 to Amar-Suen.03.11d.00 (intercalated)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2015-12-23 at 14:43:22	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2013-08-17 at 13:12:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:40:27	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:36:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:46:12	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (059349) (059349)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22861) (BM.22861)
The British Museum Collection (W_1897-0511-7) (W_1897-0511-7)

Notes

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“Fs Pettinato 182, 2 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P211378.

Fs Pettinato 182, 2 artifact entry (No. P211378). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211378 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Pettinato 182, 2 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211378 (Accessed: July 14, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211378},
}

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“Fs Pettinato 182, 2 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P211378.

Fs Pettinato 182, 2 artifact entry (No. P211378). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211378 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Pettinato 182, 2 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211378 (Accessed: July 14, 2025).

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