BM 021136 (P204315)

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 021136

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. 5(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) u8 2(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
2. sza3-ba 1(u) 2(disz) udu ugu2-bi 2(u)-am3
3. nu ur-mes gab2-us2
4. 7(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) u8 2(u) 1(disz) udu-nita2
5. sza3-ba 1(u) 1(disz) udu ugu2-bi 2(u) 3(disz)-am3
6. lu2-uru11{ki} u3 {d}nansze-i3-sa6
7. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) kir11 3(gesz2) 2(disz) sila4-nita2
8. sza3-ba 5(disz) udu ugu2-bi 7(disz)
9. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su gab2-us2 szu-ba
10. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2 1(u) 7(disz) u8
11. sza3-ba 1(u) 5(disz) udu ugu2-bi 2(u)-am3
12. ur-sukkal szu-ba u3 du11-ge-du7
13. lugal-me-lam2
14. ($ blank space $) 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 6(disz)
15. 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) u8 1(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2
16. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) kir11 3(u) 4(disz) sila4-nita2
reverse
1. sza3-ba 5(u) 5(disz) udu ugu2-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u)-am3
2. 6(disz) udu gu2-bi ze2-a
3. 1(u) 1(disz) udu sza3-bi ze2-a
4. lu2-bala-sa6-ga u3 ku3-ga-ni
5. ur-{d}da-mu na-gada 5(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz)
6. szu-nigin2 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) udu
7. szu-nigin2 7(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) sila4
8. sza3-ba 1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) ugu2-bi 2(gesz2) 4(u)
9. 6(disz) udu gu2-bi ze2-a
10. 1(u) 1(disz) udu sza3-bi ze2-a
11. i3-gal2
12. ($ blank space $) 4(gesz'u) 2(u) 4(disz) udu hi-a
13. udu ba-ur4 u4 9(disz)-kam sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
14. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

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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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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 021136
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-19, 0011

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 021136 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204315.
BM 021136 artifact entry (No. P204315). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204315 (Original work published 2002)
BM 021136 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204315 (Accessed: May 14, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204315},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204315},
}

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