BM 027902 (P207255)

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 027902

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] dub-gíd-da [túg-shè] Ur-gar d. Lugal-gaba é-ush-bar-dSHu-[dEN.ZU] shà Ninaki iti gán-mash SHS 5-ta xi 26-ba-zal SHS 9-shè iti 59 u4 26-kam iti diri 1-àm ba-zal ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba#
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub-gid2-da tug2#-sze3#
 en: long-tablets, for textiles,
3. ur-nig2 dumu lugal-gaba
 en: Ur-nig, son of Lugal-gaba,
4. e2-usz-bar {d}szu-{d#}suen#
 en: weaving house of Šu-Suen,
5. sza3 nigin6{ki}
 en: in Nigin,
6. iti GAN2-masz
 en: month “GANmaš,”
7. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu-ta
 en: from the year following: “The Amorite wall.”
8. u4? 2(u) 6(disz) ba-zal
 en: the 26th day passed,
9. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3-sze3
 en: to the year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the house of Šara in Umma erected;”
10. iti 5(u) la2 1(disz)
 en: months 50 less 1,
11. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
 en: 26th day,
12. iti diri 1(disz)-am3
 en: the extra month is 1,
13. ba-zal
 en: passed,
14. i3-gal2
 en: are here.

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] dub-gíd-da [túg-shè] Ur-gar d. Lugal-gaba é-ush-bar-dSHu-[dEN.ZU] shà Ninaki iti gán-mash SHS 5-ta xi 26-ba-zal SHS 9-shè iti 59 u4 26-kam iti diri 1-àm ba-zal ì-gál)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

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  • Museum No.: BM 027902
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.01.00, Šū-Suen.09.01.26 ?
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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
2016-06-29 at 19:19:05 Englund, Robert K. atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:55 CDLI atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-10 at 09:28:17 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:52:56 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 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 027902 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207255.
BM 027902 artifact entry (No. P207255). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207255 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027902 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207255 (Accessed: September 28, 2023).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BM 027902 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P207255},
}


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