CT 07, pl. 19, BM 012946 (P108509)

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 012946

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [x gu2 ...] 1(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
2. [x gu2 x] ma-na siki tug2 us2 szar3
3. [x gu2 ...] 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki 3(disz)-kam us2
4. 2(asz) gu2 siki 4(disz)-kam us2
5. 2(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki du sag 1(disz) ma-na i3-gal2
6. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) ma-na siki udu usz2 sag 1(disz) ma-na i3-gal2
7. lu2-me-lam2 na-gada
8. 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
9. 1(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na siki tug2 us2 szar3
10. 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki 3(disz)-kam us2
11. 4(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki 4(disz)-kam us2
12. 1(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na siki du sag 1(disz) ma-na i3-gal2
13. 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki udu usz2 sag 1(disz) ma-na i3-gal2
14. lugal-szesz na-gada
15. 1(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
16. 1(disz) ma-na siki 1(u) gin2 siki tug2 us2 szar3
17. 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na siki 3(disz)-kam us2
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1. 3(u) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki du sag 1/2(disz) [ma-na] i3-gal2
2. 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki udu usz2
3. ma-an-szum2 na-gada
4. 4(u) ma-na siki udu gi sag 2(disz) ma-na i3-gal2
5. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki udu usz2 sag 2(disz) ma-na i3-gal2
6. na-silim na-gada
  blank space
7. szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
8. szunigin 4(u) la2 5/6(disz) ma-na siki tug2 us2 szar3
9. szunigin 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki 3(disz)-kam us2
10. szunigin 2(asz) gu2 4(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki 4(disz)-kam us2
11. szunigin 3(asz) gu2 2(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki du
12. szunigin 4(asz) gu2 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki udu usz2
  blank space
13. siki udu e2-a-ni-sza
14. ugula ur-{d}iszkur szusz3
15. giri3 {d}utu-bar-ra
16. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
17. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 7, pl. 19, BM 012946

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012946
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0037

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
  • Alternative Years: AS06
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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 09:52:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:51 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
2006-10-12 at 12:18:01 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. 19, BM 012946 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108509.
CT 07, pl. 19, BM 012946 artifact entry (No. P108509). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108509 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 19, BM 012946 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108509 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 19, {BM} 012946 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108509},
}


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