BM 015089 (P316280)

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 015089

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak
 en: inspections of
3. sipa unu3
 en: shepherds and cowherds
4. ki-nu-nir{ki}
 en: in Kinunir,
5. nigin6{ki}
 en: Nigin,
6. gu2-ab-ba{ki}
 en: and Guabba;
reverse
1. sipa szaganx(AMA){gan}
 en: of herders of equids
2. sipa unu3 {d}szul-gi
 en: shepherds and cowherds of Šulgi,
3. u3 sag-[apin] e2 {d}nin-hur-sag
 en: and head-plowmen of the house of Ninḫursag,
4. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
5. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Ḫarsi 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)

  • Artifact type: Tag
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: CBT 1, BM 15089

    [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. 180

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

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  • 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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:16 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 08:16:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-11-28 at 09:52:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 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 015089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316280.
BM 015089 artifact entry (No. P316280). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316280 (Original work published 2006)
BM 015089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316280 (Accessed: March 25, 2025).
@misc{2024BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BM 015089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316280},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316280},
}


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