CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017759 (P108555)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017759

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

-

tablet
obverse
1. ka i7 e2!-szah2-ta
2. 3(disz) ninda gid2 gi du3 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3-ta
3. i7-inim-ma-dingir-sze3
4. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) ninda gid2 im-du8-a 1/2(disz) ninda gid2-ta
5. ka limmu2-ba-sze3
6. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) ninda-ta
7. im-du8-a szu di-di
8. e2-duru5 inim-ma-dingir-sze3
9. e2-duru5 inim-ma-dingir-ta
10. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) ninda gid2 gi du3 1/2(disz) ninda-ta
11. murgu2 a-sza3 ba-zi-ge a2 gesz?-gi-bi-sze3
12. murgu2 a-sza3 ba-zi-ge-ta
13. 9(gesz2) 3(u) ninda gid2 gi du3 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3-ta
14. i7 bi2-za-gi-li-li-sze3
reverse
1. [...] 4(gesz2) 3(u) [...] im-du8-[a] szu di-di
2. gu2 i7 bi2-za-gi-li-li
3. i7 lu2-du10-ga-sze3
4. i7 lu2-du10-ga-ta
5. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) ninda gid2 gi du3 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3-ta
6. gu2 i7 idigna-sze3
  blank space
7. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) ninda gid2 im-du8-a gurusz 1(disz)-e 1/2(disz) ninda gid2-ta
8. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(u) la2 1(disz) ninda gid2 im-du8-a szu di-di gurusz 1(disz)-e 1(disz) ninda-ta
9. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) ninda gid2 gi du3 gurusz 1(disz)-e 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3-ta
10. a2-bi 1(szar'u) 4(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 5(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
11. ka gi du3 gid2-da
12. ka i7 e2-szah2-ta
13. x x lu2-du10-ga
14. a-sza3 igi-zi-mu-igi-bar-ra-sze3
15. sanga {d}szul-gi

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: CT 7, pl. 43, BM 017759

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017759
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0019

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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 09:52:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:02 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CT 07, Pl. 43, BM 017759 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108555.
CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017759 artifact entry (No. P108555). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108555 (Original work published 2001)
CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017759 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108555 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 07, pl. 43, {BM} 017759 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108555},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P108555
LB  - CDLI:P108555
M1  - 2025/3/14/
TI  - CT 07, pl. 43, BM 017759 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108555
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.