BM 015582 (P204456)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015582

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. nig2-ka9 ak
en: accounts
3. i3-dub
en: ... of
4. szabra sanga-ne
en: the chief house and temple administrators,
blank space
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
blank space
1. mu gu-za ba-dim2 ba-hun
en: year: “... .”

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)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.03.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204456
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P204456

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 015582
Accession Number	1896-04-10, 0309

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	039040
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.15582
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0410-309

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2021-10-07 at 11:53:05	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:37	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
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

Cite this Artifact

“BM 015582 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204456.

BM 015582 artifact entry (No. P204456). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204456 (Original work published 2002)

BM 015582 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204456 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 015582 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204456},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204456
LB  - CDLI:P204456
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BM 015582 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 015582 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204456.

BM 015582 artifact entry (No. P204456). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204456 (Original work published 2002)

BM 015582 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204456 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 015582 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204456},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204456
LB  - CDLI:P204456
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BM 015582 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204456
ER  -