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BM 021451 (P204078)

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 021451

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) u8
2. ($ blank $) udu-gal
3. 2(disz) udu-nita2
4. 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
5. ($ blank $) sila4 nu-ur4
6. 4(disz) masz2-sag
7. mu-kux(DU)
blank space
8. 3(disz) udu-nita2
9. zi-ga
10. la2-ia3 4(u) 1(disz) u8
reverse
1. 2(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2
2. 1(u) 6(disz) sila4 9(disz) ud5
3. 5(disz) masz2 sza3-du10
4. la2-ia3-am3
blank space
5. szu-nigin2 1(u) 9(disz)! gub-ba
6. szu-nigin2 3(disz) zi-ga
7. szu-nigin2 1(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz)! la2-ia3
8. {d}utu-ba!-e3 dumu ur-zu i3-dab5
9. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
10. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021451
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0117

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042019) (042019)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21451) (BM.21451)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-117) (W_1896-0330-117)

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 021451 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204078.

BM 021451 artifact entry (No. P204078). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204078 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021451 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204078 (Accessed: December 14, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021451 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204078},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204078},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204078
LB  - CDLI:P204078
M1  - 2025/12/14/
TI  - BM 021451 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204078
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021451 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204078.

BM 021451 artifact entry (No. P204078). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204078 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021451 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204078 (Accessed: December 14, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021451 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204078},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204078},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204078
LB  - CDLI:P204078
M1  - 2025/12/14/
TI  - BM 021451 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204078
ER  -