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BM 022315 (P203171)

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 022315

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

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Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak sipa# unu3#
en: inspections of shepherds, cowherds
4. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
en: in Kinunir,
5. ki-es3-sa2{ki#}
en: Ki’eša,
reverse
1. e2 dingir-re-ne#
en: houses of the gods,
2. sza3 esz3 sa2-du11#
en: in the shrine of offerings
3. {d}szul-gi ki-nu-nir{ki}
en: of Šulgi in Kinunir,
4. i3-gal2
en: are here;
5. mu# ur-bi2-lum# ba-hul
en: year: “Urbilum 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)

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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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Museum No.: BM 022315
Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0420

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Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.00.00
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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
2019-08-08 at 06:25:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	Giles, Ralph		CDLI	approved
2016-12-12 at 08:43:01	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 08:16:44	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2014-11-28 at 09:52:30	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:39	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

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“BM 022315 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171.

BM 022315 artifact entry (No. P203171). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022315 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171 (Accessed: January 25, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022315 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2025/1/25/
TI  - BM 022315 artifact entry
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ER  -

“BM 022315 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171.

BM 022315 artifact entry (No. P203171). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022315 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171 (Accessed: January 25, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022315 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203171
LB  - CDLI:P203171
M1  - 2025/1/25/
TI  - BM 022315 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203171
ER  -

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