Fs Pettinato 182, 1 (P211377)

Legal 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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022858

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

99.0 mm × 71.0 mm × 28.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. e2#? sa10-a
2'. ki#-ag2 i3-lah5-a
3'. dam ur-{d}suen szesz-a-na
4'. i3-in-tusz-am3
5'. dumu ki-ag2-ke4-ne
6'. e2-mu e3-ba-ra in-na-an-esz
7'. dam ur#-{d}suen-ke4#
8'. ki-ag2-e ma-an-ba bi2-in-du11
9'. lu2-inim-ma nu-mu-da-de6
10'. ki-ag2 ti-la-a
11'. e2#-ta ib2-ta-e3-a
12'. [(x)]-x-a dumu x [x]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. la-la-a dumu#? [...] ba-na-gi#-[in]
2'. ur-{d}en-ki [gu-za-la2] maszkim#
3'. 1(disz) ba-la-la geme2# dingir-sa6-[ga]
4'. sa10-ma-ni 4(disz) [ma-na siki] 2(asz) sze gur lugal#
5'. a-ab-ba-a dumu masz-tur gudu4
6'. in-sa10
7'. dingir-sa6-ga-[a?]
8'. ku3-ta nu-sa10# bi2-in#-[du11]
9'. a-ab-ba#-a# [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. x x [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. in-[...]
2'. x x [...]
3'. ki# {d}ba#-ba6#-[...-ta] nam-x [...]
4'. tug2 in-[ur3]
5'. ur-{d}en#-ki# gu#-[za-la2] maszkim
6'. [...]-zi#?-da#? x x
7'. [...] x x x
8'. [...] x x
  rest broken

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): 99.0 high × 71.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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  • primary: Fs Pettinato p.175-184, p. 182, 1

    [Molina2004legal-texts] Molina, Manuel. 2004. “Some Neo-Sumerian Legal Texts in the British Museum.” In Von Sumer Nach Ebla Und Zurück. Festschrift. Giovanni Pettinato Zum 27. September 1999 Gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen Und Schülern, edited by Hartmut Waetzoldt, 175–84. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient, Band 9. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag.

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  • Museum No.: BM 022858
  • Accession No.: 1897-05-11, 0004

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-08-17 at 12:49:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:40:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:36:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:46:10 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2002-07-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Fs Pettinato 182, 1 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P211377.
Fs Pettinato 182, 1 artifact entry (No. P211377). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P211377 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Pettinato 182, 1 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P211377 (Accessed: January 17, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Fs {Pettinato} 182, 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P211377},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P211377},
}


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