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BM 021373 (P204756)

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 021373

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. 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na tug2 lugal
2. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 lugal
3. 2(asz) gu2 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
4. a-hu-um-dingir in-sa6
5. 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na tug2 lugal
6. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 4(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 lugal
7. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
8. lugal-iri-da in-sa6
9. 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 lugal
10. 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 lugal
11. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 2(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
12. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 in-sa6
13. 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 lugal
14. 4(u) 3(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 lugal
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1. x x tug2 3(disz)-kam
2. inim-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5 in-sa6
3. 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na tug2 lugal
4. 5(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 lugal
5. 3(asz) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
6. a-a-ni-sze3 in-dab5
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7. szu-nigin2 1(asz) gu2 5(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 lugal
8. szu-nigin2 5(asz) gu2 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 lugal
9. szu-nigin2 8(asz) gu2 1(u) 9(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
10. siki in-sa6 nu-banda3-ne
blank space
11. u4 8(disz)-kam sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
12. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021373
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0039

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041955)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21373)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-39)

Notes

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“BM 021373 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756.

BM 021373 artifact entry (No. P204756). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021373 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021373 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2024/4/19/
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ER  -

“BM 021373 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756.

BM 021373 artifact entry (No. P204756). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021373 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021373 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204756
LB  - CDLI:P204756
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - BM 021373 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204756
ER  -

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