BM 014418 (P315969)

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 014418

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label from a tablet-basket containing tablets concerning Lú-∂Nin-gír-su s. of Ba-zi. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2#-ak
 en: inspections of
3. en#?-nun-gal x x
 en: of Ennungal-...,
4. lu2#-{d}nin-gir2-su
 en: Lu-Ningirsu,
5. dumu ba-zi
 en: son of Bazi,
reverse
1. iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
 en: month: “Festival-of-Mekigal,”
2. iti 1(disz)-kam
 en: (a period) of 1 month,
3. [...]-ga2#
 en: ...
4. [...] x sze#
 en: ...
5. [...]{ki}
 en: ...
6. [i3]-gal2
 en: are here;
7. [mu si]-mu#-ru-um{ki} lu#-lu-bu{ki}
 en: year: “Simurum Lulubu.”

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 Label from a tablet-basket containing tablets concerning Lú-∂Nin-gír-su s. of Ba-zi. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: CBT 1, BM 14418

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 255

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014418
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-06, 0116

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:35 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:09 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:35 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 014418 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315969.
BM 014418 artifact entry (No. P315969). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315969 (Original work published 2006)
BM 014418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315969 (Accessed: November 9, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315969},
}

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