BiMes 03, 11 (P221784)

Legal tablet excavated in Lagash (mod. El-Hiba), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM—

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Lagash (mod. El-Hiba)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

fragment a
obverse
column 1
1. [n] 1(bur3@c)#? GAN2 du6-[sir2]-ra [x] x [x]-ta#
2. nig2-sa10-bi#
3. 1(gesz2@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gur saggal
4. munus-tur
5. dam# zi-ni-sze3
6. szesz-ki-na
7. me-an-ne2-si
8. ur-{d}nin-dar
9. lugal#? GAN2#-me
10. [...]
11. [...]
12. [...]-KU#?
13. ki-la2-bi 4(asz@c) ma-na
14. 2(asz@c) ma-na siki
15. 1(asz@c) sze gur saggal#
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) sila3 i3 nun
2. 1(asz@c) dug kas
3. 5(asz@c) nig2-lam2
4. 3(u@c)#? ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)-na#
5. 5(asz@c) ninda sal4
6. nig2-ba-sze3
7. munus-tur
8. szu ba-ti
9. 1(asz@c) ma-na# siki
10. 2(barig@c) sze
11. 5(asz@c) nig2-lam2#
12. 3(u@c) ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)#-na#
13. 5(asz@c)# [ninda sal4]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. 2(barig@c)#? [sze]
18. 5(asz@c)#? [nig2-lam2]
19. 3(u@c) ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)-na
20. 5(asz@c) ninda sal4
21. me-an-ne2-si
22. szu ba-ti
reverse
broken
fragment b
obverse
1'. [kak]-bi [e2]-gar8#-ra be2#-du3
2'. [...] x [x x] x [x x]-ge#
3'. x [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced	Enannatum1.00.00.00 probable
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P221784
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P221784

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Lagash (mod. El-Hiba)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	2 H-T 004
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM—
Accession Number

References

primary: BiMes 3, 11

[Biggs1976BiMes3] Biggs, Robert D. 1976. Inscriptions from Al-Hiba—Lagash. The First and Second Seasons. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 3. Malibu: Undena Publications.
history: OIP 104, 145

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-02 at 09:11:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-07 at 08:44:26	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:41	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:58	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 03, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P221784.

BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry (No. P221784). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221784 (Original work published 2003)

BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221784 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221784},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221784},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/2/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P221784
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221784
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 03, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P221784.

BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry (No. P221784). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221784 (Original work published 2003)

BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221784 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221784},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221784},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P221784
LB  - CDLI:P221784
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221784
ER  -