BM 021018 (P206350)

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 021018

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
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub a-sza3 ma-an-gi
3. giri3 du-du dumu ur-gu2-la2
4. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gur i3-dub a-sza3 a-sag-du3-du
5. APIN ur-{d}nin-gir2-su engar
6. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga
7. 2(u) 7(asz) sze gur 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) ziz2 gur sze-numun APIN e2 szabra ur-{d}ig-alim
8. i3-dub a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
9. giri3 ab-ba-mu dumu na!-ba-sa6
10. 1(gesz2) 1(u) gur i3-dub a-sza3 DUR2-ki-nig2-du10
11. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga
12. 1(gesz2) 1(u) gur i3-dub a-sza3 gi-gara2!?
13. giri3 ab-ba-kal-la dumu ur-{d}isztaran#
14. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gur giri3 ab-ba-mu
15. 3(gesz2) 2(asz) gur giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
16. 1(gesz2) 2(u) gur giri3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
17. i3-dub u-sza-num2-ma#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. giri3 ur-[...]
2'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) i3-dub
3'. i3-dub lugal-anzu2{muszen}
4'. i3-dub
  blank space
5'. e2 sanga-ka ba-an-ku4
6'. giri3 lu2-{d}kal-kal
7'. u3 lu2-{d}dumu-zi-da dumu ma-ni
  blank space
8'. szu-nigin2 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur lugal
9'. i3-dub kiszib3 tuku
10'. szu-nigin2 3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(barig) sze gur
11'. szu-nigin2 4(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
12'. e2 sanga-ka ba-an-ku4
13'. ($ blank space $) 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz)+[2(asz)] 4(barig) 1(ban2)
14'. sze sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
15'. [3(u) 8(asz) 3(barig)] sze# gur# zi-ga didli
left
1. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2)

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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 021018
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-18, 0008

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-05-19 at 09:18:15 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand 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 08:25:56 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 021018 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206350.
BM 021018 artifact entry (No. P206350). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206350 (Original work published 2002)
BM 021018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206350 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206350},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206350},
}

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