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

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)

Text

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
  blank space
  seal impression
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]

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003744 (composite) (P456454) S003744 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P319774

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 42.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 022077
Accession Number 1896-04-09, 0182

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 042555
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.22077
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0409-182

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

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

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: April 17, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
}


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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: April 17, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319774},
}


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