BM 027616 (P204151)

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 027616

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 she gibil gìr Ur-dNun-gal dumu Eren-da ù Lú-dingir-ra dumu Lú-dBa-ba6 ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
 en: long-tablets,
3. sze gibil
 en: fresh barley,
4. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal dumu erin-da
 en: via Ur-Ningal, son of Erinda,
5. u3 lu2-dingir-ra dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6
 en: and Lu-dingira, son of Lu-Baba,
6. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
 en: year: “Amar-Suen is king.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba dub-gíd-da she gibil gìr Ur-dNun-gal dumu Eren-da ù Lú-dingir-ra dumu Lú-dBa-ba6 ì-gál)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P204151

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 027616
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 055339
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.27616
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0709-404

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2016-12-12 at 08:43:04 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 08:16:54 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 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 027616 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204151.
BM 027616 artifact entry (No. P204151). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204151 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027616 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204151 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027616 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204151},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204151},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204151
LB  - CDLI:P204151
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BM 027616 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204151
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027616 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204151.
BM 027616 artifact entry (No. P204151). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204151 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027616 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204151 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027616 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204151},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204151},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204151
LB  - CDLI:P204151
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BM 027616 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204151
ER  -
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