BiMes 03, 11 (P221784)

Legal tablet excavated in Lagash (mod. El-Hiba), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM—

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Lagash (mod. El-Hiba)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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fragment a
obverse
column 1
1. [n] 1(bur3@c)#? GAN2 du6-[sir2]-ra [x] x [x]-ta#
2. nig2-sa10-bi#
3. 1(gesz2@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gur saggal
4. munus-tur
5. dam# zi-ni-sze3
6. szesz-ki-na
7. me-an-ne2-si
8. ur-{d}nin-dar
9. lugal#? GAN2#-me
10. [...]
11. [...]
12. [...]-KU#?
13. ki-la2-bi 4(asz@c) ma-na
14. 2(asz@c) ma-na siki
15. 1(asz@c) sze gur saggal#
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) sila3 i3 nun
2. 1(asz@c) dug kas
3. 5(asz@c) nig2-lam2
4. 3(u@c)#? ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)-na#
5. 5(asz@c) ninda sal4
6. nig2-ba-sze3
7. munus-tur
8. szu ba-ti
9. 1(asz@c) ma-na# siki
10. 2(barig@c) sze
11. 5(asz@c) nig2-lam2#
12. 3(u@c) ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)#-na#
13. 5(asz@c)# [ninda sal4]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. 2(barig@c)#? [sze]
18. 5(asz@c)#? [nig2-lam2]
19. 3(u@c) ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)-na
20. 5(asz@c) ninda sal4
21. me-an-ne2-si
22. szu ba-ti
reverse
  broken
fragment b
obverse
1'. [kak]-bi [e2]-gar8#-ra be2#-du3
2'. [...] x [x x] x [x x]-ge#
3'. x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
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Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BiMes 3, 11

    [Biggs1976BiMes3] Biggs, Robert D. 1976. Inscriptions from Al-Hiba—Lagash. The First and Second Seasons. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 3. Malibu: Undena Publications.

  • history: OIP 104, 145

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104.

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  • Museum No.: IM—
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  • Provenience: Lagash (mod. El-Hiba)
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  • Excavation No: 2 H-T 004
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-05-07 at 08:44:26 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:41 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:58 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BiMes 03, 11 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221784.
BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry (No. P221784). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221784
BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221784 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
@misc{2003BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {BiMes 03, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221784},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221784},
}

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