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BM 020029 (P206305)

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 020029

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. 1(gesz2) 1(u) u8 2(u) udu-gal
2. 4(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2
3. 4(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
4. siki-bi 7(asz) gu2 3(u) 9(disz) ma-na
5. 1(u) 7(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
6. ur-{d}nansze 3(gesz2)
7. 2(u) 2(disz) u8 1(u) 1(disz) udu-gal
8. 3(u) udu-nita2 1(u) 8(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
9. siki-bi 3(asz) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na
10. 4(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
11. masz-tur 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz)
12. 1(u) 2(disz) u8 2(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2
13. 1(u) sila4 ba-ur4
14. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 8(disz) ma-na
15. 7(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
reverse
1. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu ur-tul2 4(u) 4(disz)
2. giri3 na-ba-sa6
3. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) u8 2(gesz2) 1(u) udu-gal
4. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) udu-nita2 3(gesz2) 8(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
5. siki-bi 2(u) 7(asz) gu2 9(disz) ma-na
6. 4(u) sila4 nu-ur4
7. lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-{d}da-mu 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz)
8. 1(gesz2) u8 siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 1(u) ma-na
9. lugal-uszumgal
10. giri3 szesz-kal-la
11. szu-nigin2 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) udu
12. szu-nigin2 4(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
13. siki-bi 4(u) 2(asz) gu2
14. szu-nigin2 1(gesz2) 8(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
15. u4 1(disz)-kam sza3 ur-sag-pa-e3

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020029
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0069

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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 13:29:19	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

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041439)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20029)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-69)

Notes

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“BM 020029 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305.

BM 020029 artifact entry (No. P206305). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020029 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206305
LB  - CDLI:P206305
M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - BM 020029 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305
ER  -

“BM 020029 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305.

BM 020029 artifact entry (No. P206305). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020029 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206305
LB  - CDLI:P206305
M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - BM 020029 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206305
ER  -

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