AGGT 298 (P247742)

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 016174

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. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz@c) sze gur sag-gal2
2. lugal-a2 szu ba-<ti>
3. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz@c) sze gur
4. lu2-an-a szu ba-ti
5. 2(u) 3(asz@c) ziz2 gur
6. 1(asz@c) gig gur
7. 4(asz@c) sze gur
reverse
1. szesz-szesz dub-sar-e szu ba-ti
  blank space
2. sze gesz ra-a
3. ur-TAR
4. agar4 a-sza3 abba2

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, 298

    [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 016174
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0394

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

    was listed as Lagash; corrected R. Firth feedback 20111002

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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 298 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P247742.
AGGT 298 artifact entry (No. P247742). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247742 (Original work published 2004)
AGGT 298 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247742 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {AGGT 298 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247742},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247742},
}


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