BM 015535 (P316855)

Administrative tag 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 015535

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba for dub-gíd-da tablets of Ur-mes son of Urgar in Nina (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
 en: long-tablets of
3. ur-mes dumu ur-nig2
 en: Ur-mes, son of Ur-nig,
reverse
1. sza3# nigin6#{ki#}
 en: in Nigin,
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
  blank space
6. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul#
 en: year: “Harši was destroyed”

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: Tag
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba for dub-gíd-da tablets of Ur-mes son of Urgar in Nina (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: CBT 2, BM 015535 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015535
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0262

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-10 at 09:28:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 015535 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316855.
BM 015535 artifact entry (No. P316855). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316855 (Original work published 2006)
BM 015535 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316855 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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}

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