Kaskal 15, 43 (P521708)

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 085319

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(disz) a2-GAM i3 2(ban2)#
2. lu2 AN-gi4-da-[x]
3. 1(disz) lu2 du11-du11-ul
4. 3(disz) lu2-ni
5. 1(disz) nin9-ge6
6. 1(disz) MUG
7. 1(disz) ku#-ru-ub-si-ad
8. [x] lu2 a-ni-ad
9. [...] MASZ
10. [...] KIB
11. [...] x UR
reverse
  beginning broken
  (c. 2 lines lost?)
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] PU2
  blank space
4'. zi-ga
5'. {d}szara2-i3-sa6

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 43

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 61

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

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2021-07-09 at 09:00:30 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2020-10-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Kaskal 15, 43 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P521708.
Kaskal 15, 43 artifact entry (No. P521708). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521708 (Original work published 2020)
Kaskal 15, 43 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521708 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Kaskal 15, 43 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P521708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521708},
}


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