BM 022856 (P206429)

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 022856

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 5(barig) sze gur lugal]
2. sze ar3-[ra]
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) zi3-KA gur
5. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) gur
6. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su
7. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) gur
8. sza3-bi-ta
9. 4(u) 4(asz) zi3-KA gur
10. la2-ia3 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) gur
11. e2 szabra
12. ugula ur-{d}nansze
13. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gur
14. sza3-bi-ta
15. 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 3(barig) zi3-KA gur
16. la2-ia3 5(u) 2(barig) gur
17. ur-szu-ga:lam-ma
18. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
19. sza3-bi-ta
20. 1(gesz2) 2(barig) zi3-KA gur
21. la2-ia3 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur
column 2
1. [...]
2. 4(gesz2) 2(u)+[1(u) 7(asz)] 2(barig)+[2(barig) 2(ban2) gur]
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 5(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) zi3-KA gur
5. la2-ia3 3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur
6. e2 {d}nansze
7. 3(u) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur sza3-bi-ta
8. 1(u) 4(barig) zi3-KA gur
9. la2-ia3 1(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur
10. e2 szabra#
11. ugula du-du#
12. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) zi3-KA <gur>
15. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
16. e2 nam-ha-ni
17. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
18. sza3-bi-ta
19. 5(u) 6(asz) 3(ban2) gur
20. zi3-KA
reverse
column 1
1. la2-ia3 4(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2)# gur
2. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
3. u3 {d}ig-alim
4. 5(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
5. sza3-bi-ta
6. 2(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) zi3-KA <gur>
7. la2-ia3 2(u) 8(asz) 2(ban2) gur
8. e2 uru11{ki}
9. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gur
10. sza3-bi-ta
11. 4(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2)+[1(ban2)] gur
12. zi3-KA
13. la2-ia3 2(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
14. e2 {d}nin-dar-a
15. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 3(barig)
16. sza3-bi-ta
17. [n zi3-KA gur]
18. [la2-ia3/diri n gur]
19. [e2 ...]
20. [5(gesz2) 3(u) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur]
21. [sza3-bi-ta]
column 2
1. 3(gesz2) 2(barig) zi3-KA <gur>
2. la2-ia3 2(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) 4(ban2)# gur
3. e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}
4. e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
5. e2 {d}inanna
6. u3 e2 ba-gara2
  blank space
7. szu-nigin2 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) sze gur lugal
8. sza3-bi-ta
9. szu-nigin2 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) zi3-KA gur
10. mu-kux(DU)
11. la2-ia3 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) gur
  blank space
12. nig2-ka9 ak# sze# ar3#-[ra ...]
13. mu [...]

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM 022856
  • Accession No.: 1897-05-11, 0002

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2021-10-23 at 12:48:39 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 022856 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206429.
BM 022856 artifact entry (No. P206429). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206429 (Original work published 2002)
BM 022856 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206429 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022856 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206429},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206429},
}


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