Borrelli diss. 25 (P319774)

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 022077

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Guruå for irrigation work, ka íd-lugal-muå-huå gub-ba; seal: Lugal-zag-ge-si dubsar dumu Ur-∂[Ig-alim] (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

42.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 5(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ka i7 lugal-musz-husz gub-ba
3. u3 i7-da szu ur3-ra
reverse
1. e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
2. kiszib3 lugal#-za3-ge-si
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3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3#
seal 1
1. lugal-za3-ge-si
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}[ig-alim]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 43.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Guruå for irrigation work, ka íd-lugal-muå-huå gub-ba; seal: Lugal-zag-ge-si dubsar dumu Ur-∂[Ig-alim] (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Borrelli diss., 25

    [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 022077 (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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 022077
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0182

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.11.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:32:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-12 at 08:03:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-02 at 16:12:12 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
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 View
2021-07-12 at 08:46:13 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003744 (composite) (P456454) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Borrelli Diss. 25 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P319774.
Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry (No. P319774). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319774 (Original work published 2006)
Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319774 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).
@misc{2024Borrelli,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
}


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M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319774
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Borrelli Diss. 25 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P319774.
Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry (No. P319774). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319774 (Original work published 2006)
Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319774 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).
@misc{2024Borrelli,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P319774
LB  - CDLI:P319774
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - Borrelli diss. 25 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319774
ER  -
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