BM 029801 (P202587)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029801

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditure of ú-tir; má mí-kaskal-shè Hu-sha6 má-lah4, dBa-ba6-íb-gul)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) gu2 {u2}ninni5(|(U2.SZE.NUN)@(U3.SZE.NUN)|)
2. ma2 |MUNUS.KASKAL#|-sze3
3. hu-sa6 ma2-lah5
4. 1(asz) gu2 {d}ba-ba6-ib2-gu-ul
reverse
1. giri3 he2-sa6
  blank space
2. zi-ga
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu {d}nu-musz-da e2-a ba-ku4

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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Expenditure of ú-tir; má mí-kaskal-shè Hu-sha6 má-lah4, dBa-ba6-íb-gul)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


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  • Museum No.: BM 029801
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 029801 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202587.
BM 029801 artifact entry (No. P202587). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202587 (Original work published 2002)
BM 029801 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202587 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029801 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202587},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202587},
}

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