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BM 022018 (P202947)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022018

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. udu gukkal gub-ba
en: sheep, fat-tailed sheep, stationed,
3. zu2-si-ka ku4-ra
en: that came in during plucking time,
4. udu a-bi2-si2-im-ti nin
en: sheep of Abi-simti, the queen,
5. udu ta2-di3-esz18-dar dumu lugal
en: sheep of Taddin-Eštar, princess,
reverse
1. u3 ur-{d}isztaran dumu lugal
en: and Ur-Ištaran, prince,
2. i3-gal2
en: are here;
3. ugula {d}szara2-kam ensi2
en: foreman Šarakam, the governor,
4. u3 ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu gu-du-du
en: and foreman Ur-Baba, son of Gududu,
5. giri3 igi-a-a ra2-gaba
en: via Igi'aya, rider,
6. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
en: in Girsu,
7. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
en: year: “... .”

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: Tag
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022018
Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0123

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.00.00
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	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
2021-10-10 at 10:44:51	Jagersma, Bram	atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2016-12-12 at 08:43:00	Englund, Robert K.	atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:03	Englund, Robert K.	atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:39	Englund, Robert K.	atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14	Englund, Robert K.	atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:42	CDLI	atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-03-13 at 13:35:00	Englund, Robert K.	atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2014-10-07 at 08:52:56	Englund, Robert K.	atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:38	Heinle, Michael	atf	Heinle, Michael		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 (042519)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22018)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0409-123)

Notes

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“BM 022018 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947.

BM 022018 artifact entry (No. P202947). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947 (Accessed: September 23, 2023).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022018 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
ID  - P202947
LB  - CDLI:P202947
M1  - 2023/9/23/
TI  - BM 022018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947
ER  -

“BM 022018 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947.

BM 022018 artifact entry (No. P202947). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947 (Accessed: September 23, 2023).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022018 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
ID  - P202947
LB  - CDLI:P202947
M1  - 2023/9/23/
TI  - BM 022018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202947
ER  -

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