BAOM 2, 25 21 (P104884)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 012478

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze a2 hun-ga2
3. i7 {d}szul-gi-he2-gal2-sze3
4. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su u3 ka-ku3#-ta
5. ur-{d}lamma
reverse
1. dumu na-ba-sa6 dub-sar mar-sa
2. szu ba-ti#
3. ugula sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
4. i3-dub sza3 i7 sal4-la
5. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
6. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu#-bu#-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. [1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur] lugal#
2. [i7 {d}szul-gi-he2-gal2 ...]
  rest broken
reverse
1. [ur-{d}lamma] dumu# na-ba-sa6#-ke4 szu ba-ti
2. [ugula sanga {d}]nin#-mar{ki}
3. [i3-dub] sza3 i7 sal4-la
4. [iti] ezem#-{d}ba-ba6
5. mu# si-mu-ru{ki} lu-[lu-bu]-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur#-[{d}lamma]
2. dub#-[sar]
3. [dumu] na-ba-sa6#

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAOM 2, p.13-43, p. 25 21

    [Gomi1980BritishMuseum] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “120 Unpublished Administrative Texts from the Ur III Period in the British Museum.” Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo 2: 13–43.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012478
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.08.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-07-22 at 18:34:31 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:34 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005004 (composite) (P457714) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BAOM 2, 25 21 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P104884.
BAOM 2, 25 21 artifact entry (No. P104884). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P104884 (Original work published 2001)
BAOM 2, 25 21 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P104884 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BAOM 2, 25 21 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P104884},
}

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