BM 022315 (P203171)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022315

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

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak sipa# unu3#
 en: inspections of shepherds, cowherds
4. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
 en: in Kinunir,
5. ki-es3-sa2{ki#}
 en: Ki’eša,
reverse
1. e2 dingir-re-ne#
 en: houses of the gods,
2. sza3 esz3 sa2-du11#
 en: in the shrine of offerings
3. {d}szul-gi ki-nu-nir{ki}
 en: of Šulgi in Kinunir,
4. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
5. mu# ur-bi2-lum# ba-hul
 en: year: “Urbilum was destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203171

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 022315
Accession Number 1896-04-09, 0420

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 042753
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.22315
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0409-420

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-08-08 at 06:25:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Giles, Ralph CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:44 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-11-28 at 09:52:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:39 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 022315 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203171.
BM 022315 artifact entry (No. P203171). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203171 (Original work published 2002)
BM 022315 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203171 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022315 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203171},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203171
LB  - CDLI:P203171
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BM 022315 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203171
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 022315 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203171.
BM 022315 artifact entry (No. P203171). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203171 (Original work published 2002)
BM 022315 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203171 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022315 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203171},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203171
LB  - CDLI:P203171
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BM 022315 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203171
ER  -
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