AGGT 591 (P247737)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015413

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [zi3]-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(asz@c) [n sila3 ...]
3. 3(u) 2(asz@c) sag#? ninda 2(u) du8
4. zi3-bi 4(ban2@c) 6(disz) sila3
5. 1(barig@c)# zi3-gu#
6. 5(asz@c) sag ninda 6(disz) du8
7. 4(u) 5(asz@c) sag ninda 7(asz@c) du8
reverse
1. zi3 sig15-bi 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 6(disz) sila3
2. 2(ban2@c) ninda pad#? LAGAB#
3. 2(ban2@c) sze tu7
4. 3(disz) sila3 zi3 zi-kum
  blank space
5. [...] du8
6. [...]
7. [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AGGT, 591

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 015413
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0139

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) Provenience Comments:

    was listed as Lagash; corrected R. Firth feedback 20111002

  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:23 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2004-08-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AGGT 591 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P247737.
AGGT 591 artifact entry (No. P247737). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247737 (Original work published 2004)
AGGT 591 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247737 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
@misc{2023AGGT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {AGGT 591 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247737},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247737},
}


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