CT 07, pl. 10, BM 012929 (P108498)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012929

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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
column 1
1. 3(u) 4(disz) u8 3(disz) udu-gal
2. 1(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2 2(u) 4(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
3. sila4 nu-ur4
4. siki-bi
5. ku5-da 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)
6. 1(u) 2(disz) u8 2(disz) udu-gal
7. 7(disz) udu-nita2 3(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
8. sila4 nu-ur4
9. siki-bi
10. gu2-u3-gu2 2(u) 4(disz)
11. 2(u) 4(disz) u8 3(disz) udu-nita2
12. 1(u) 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  blank space
13. lugal-u2-szim-e 4(u) la2 1(disz)
14. 2(u) 4(disz) u8 1(disz) u8 bar-su-ga
15. 3(disz) udu-gal 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu-nita2
16. 2(disz) udu-nita2 bar-su-ga
17. siki-bi
column 2
1. a-tu dumu lugal-igi-sa6 4(u) la2 1(asz@45)
2. 2(gesz2) 2(u) u8 1(u) udu-gal
3. 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
4. <a>-ra2 1(disz)-kam
  blank space
5. {d}utu-bi 3(gesz2) 3(u)
6. 1(u) u8 4(disz) udu-nita2
7. 4(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  blank space
8. e2-gurum2-e dumu sza3-da 2(u) la2 2(disz)
9. 2(u) 1(disz) u8 2(u) la2 2(disz) udu-nita2
10. 1(u) 3(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
11. libir-am3
12. 7(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
13. la2-ia3 su-ga
14. siki-bi [n] la2# 1(asz@45)#
  blank space
15. lugal-{d}utu nagar#? 1(u)? la2 1(asz@45)
reverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) u8 2(disz) udu-gal
2. 2(u) 7(disz) udu-nita2
3. 2(u) 7(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  blank space
4. sza3-ku3-ge dumu ku5-da 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz)
5. 2(u) 2(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-nita2
6. 1(u) 3(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  blank space
7. da-da 4(u) 1(disz)
8. libir-am3
9. 1(u) la2 1(disz) u8 1(disz) u8 bar mu2 1(u) udu 4(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
10. 5(disz) sila4 nu-ur4 1(disz) masz2
  blank space
11. ur-{d}esz3-du10-nun 2(u) 4(disz)
12. a-ru-a u18-lal3!
13. 2(u) u8 2(disz) udu-gal 1(u) udu-nita2
14. 1(u) 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  blank space
15. elam 4(u) 4(disz)
16. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) u8 1(disz) udu-gal
17. 1(gesz2) 6(disz) udu-nita2
18. 2(u) 6(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  blank space
19. ur-{d}utu 5(gesz2) 6(disz)
column 2
1. 1(gesz2) 3(u) u8
  blank space
2. ur-sa6-ga dumu lu2-{d}na-ru2-a 2(gesz2) 3(u)
  blank space
3. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) udu
  blank space
4. udu ba-ur4 u4 3(disz)-kam
5. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi

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
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  • primary: CT 7, pl. 10, BM 012929

    [King1899CT7] King, Leonard W. 1899. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 7.

  • collation: OrAnt 15, p.141-144, p. 143

    [Pettinato1976CT] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1976. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, IV: Collazioni a W. L. King, CT III - V - VII.” Oriens Antiquus 15: 141–44.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 012929
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0020

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-06-30 at 09:29:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:57:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 07, Pl. 10, BM 012929 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108498.
CT 07, pl. 10, BM 012929 artifact entry (No. P108498). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108498 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 10, BM 012929 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108498 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 10, {BM} 012929 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108498},
}


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