BM 027678 (P205148)

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 027678

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba áb gu4 gub-ba ì-[]-íb-da-[]-ra Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. ab2 gu4 gub-ba
 en: cows and oxen stationed,
3. i3-[...]
 en: ...
4. ib2-da-[...]-ra
 en: ...
5. gir2-su{ki}-ta
 en: from Girsu
6. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
 en: to Guabba,
7. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
8. mu us2-sa en eridu{ki} ba-hun-ga2
 en: year following: “The en-(priest) of Eridu was hired.”

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 Basket label: pisan-dub-ba áb gu4 gub-ba ì-[]-íb-da-[]-ra Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè ì-gál)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 027678
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:46 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:55 CDLI atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 Heinle, Michael atf Heinle, Michael 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 027678 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205148.
BM 027678 artifact entry (No. P205148). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205148 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027678 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205148 (Accessed: September 23, 2023).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BM 027678 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205148},
}


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