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Borrelli diss. 24 (P319564)

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 021648

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Area of land attributed to several persons; 4 col. (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2 ur-{d}dumu-zi
2. 3(iku) ba-gara2-ki-du10
3. 3(iku) ARAD-dam
4. 3(iku) lu2-ma2-gur8-re
5. 1(esze3) 3(iku) {d}nin-gir2-su-i3-sa6
6. 3(iku) bi2-du11-i3-[sa6]
7. 3(iku) lu2-{d}suen
reverse
1. 3(iku) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. 3(iku) ba-zi
3. 3(iku) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. 1(iku) 1/4(iku) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. 3(iku) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
6. 3(iku) nig2-{d}ba-ba6#
7. 3(iku) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu ur-sa6-ga
8. 3(iku) lu2-{d}nin-szubur lu2 sag-du5
left
1. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 U3 idigna

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 35.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Area of land attributed to several persons; 4 col. (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Borrelli diss., 24

[Borrelli2013diss] Borrelli, Noemi. 2013. “Managing the Land: Agricultural Administration in the Province of Ĝirsu/Lagaš During the Ur III Period.” Phdthesis, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L’Orientale.
history: CBT 2, BM 021648 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021648
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0314

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-12 at 08:03:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-07-12 at 08:46:13	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042206) (042206)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21648) (BM.21648)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-314) (W_1896-0330-314)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Borrelli Diss. 24 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P319564.

Borrelli diss. 24 artifact entry (No. P319564). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319564 (Original work published 2006)

Borrelli diss. 24 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319564 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	title = {Borrelli diss. 24 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319564},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Borrelli Diss. 24 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P319564.

Borrelli diss. 24 artifact entry (No. P319564). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319564 (Original work published 2006)

Borrelli diss. 24 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319564 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319564},
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