Fs Veenhof 314 1 (P213251)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026777

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz@c)# ab2-mah2
2. 1(asz@c) gu4-gesz
3. za3 ma2 da-kum
4. u3 za3 ku6
5. ib2-szu4
6. 2(asz@c) ab2-mah2
7. 1(asz@c) ab2 3(disz@t) 1(asz@c) gu4 3(disz@t)
8. 1(asz@c) gu4 2(asz@c)
9. za3 ma2 da-kum ib2#-szu4
reverse
1. za3 ku6 nu-u3-szu4
2. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
3. 1(asz@c) gu4 3(disz@t)
4. za3 ma2 da-kum
5. u3 nig2-bun2-na
6. ib2-szu4
7. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
8. za3 ib2-ta-sub6#?
  blank space
9. szunigin ($ blank space $)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Fs Veenhof p.301-324, p. 314 1

    [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.

  • history: AGGT, 590

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026777
  • Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0595

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    Lagash ?

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:42:50 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-12-10 at 11:05:53 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Veenhof 314 1 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P213251.
Fs Veenhof 314 1 artifact entry (No. P213251). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213251 (Original work published 1970)
Fs Veenhof 314 1 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213251 (Accessed: October 23, 2025).
@misc{2023Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Fs {Veenhof} 314 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P213251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213251},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P213251
LB  - CDLI:P213251
M1  - 2025/10/23/
TI  - Fs Veenhof 314 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P213251
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Veenhof 314 1 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P213251.
Fs Veenhof 314 1 artifact entry (No. P213251). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213251 (Original work published 1970)
Fs Veenhof 314 1 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213251 (Accessed: October 23, 2025).
@misc{2023Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Fs {Veenhof} 314 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P213251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213251},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P213251
LB  - CDLI:P213251
M1  - 2025/10/23/
TI  - Fs Veenhof 314 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P213251
ER  - 
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