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Fs Veenhof 317 4 (P211383)

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 027910

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (3 urudu si-im-da ki sha13-dub-ba-ta Ur-dLama d U2-du-lu shu-ba-ti; seal: Ur-dLama ds d. Gish-sha6-mu ú-du-lu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 15.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) {uruda}si-im-da udu
2. ki sza13-dub-ba-ta
3. ur-{d}lamma dumu u2-du-lu
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti# gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
blank space
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa#-a-bi
seal 1
1. ur-{d}lamma
2. dub-sar
3. dumu gesz-sa6-mu
4. u2-du udu

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 41.0 high × 41.0 wide × 15.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
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Artifact comments:

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Genre(s): Administrative (3 urudu si-im-da ki sha13-dub-ba-ta Ur-dLama d U2-du-lu shu-ba-ti; seal: Ur-dLama ds d. Gish-sha6-mu ú-du-lu)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Fs Veenhof p.301-324, p. 317 4

[deMaaijer2001identifying-marks] Maaijer, Remco de. 2001. “Late Third Millennium Identifying Marks.” In Veenhof Anniversary Volume. Studies Presented to Klaas R. Veenhof on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday, edited by Wilfred H. van Soldt, 301–24. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te Istanbul = PIHANS 89. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
citation: CBT 3

[CBT32006] Sigrist, Marcel, Ran Zadok, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2006. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 3. British Museum Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 027910
Accession No.: 1898-07-11, 0175

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.02.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	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
2017-04-02 at 21:59:35	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2017-04-01 at 10:52:44	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-04-01 at 10:41:32	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2002-07-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 008097 (composite) (P474874)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“Fs Veenhof 317 4 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P211383.

Fs Veenhof 317 4 artifact entry (No. P211383). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211383 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Veenhof 317 4 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211383 (Accessed: June 22, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211383},
}

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“Fs Veenhof 317 4 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P211383.

Fs Veenhof 317 4 artifact entry (No. P211383). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211383 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Veenhof 317 4 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211383 (Accessed: June 22, 2025).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211383},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P211383
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ER  -

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