BM 029747 (P205014)

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 029747

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 érin é Gu-za-na érin é-sukkal érin Lugal-[] dam-qàr Kù-[] énsi-gal ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. erin2 e2 gu-za-la2?
 en: (labor-)troops, house of the chair-holders,
3. erin2 e2-sukkal
 en: (labor-)troops of the messenger house,
4. erin2 lugal-[...]
 en: (labor-)troops of Lugal-...,
5. dam-gar3 ku3-[...] ensi2-gal
 en: exchange agents, silver, ..., big-governor,
6. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
7. mu en eridu{ki}
 en: year: “The en(-priest) of Eridu.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba érin é Gu-za-na érin é-sukkal érin Lugal-[] dam-qàr Kù-[] énsi-gal ì-gál)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P205014

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 029747
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 056591
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.29747
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-1115-133

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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:59 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 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 029747 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205014.
BM 029747 artifact entry (No. P205014). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205014 (Original work published 2002)
BM 029747 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205014 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029747 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205014},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205014},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205014
LB  - CDLI:P205014
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BM 029747 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205014
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 029747 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205014.
BM 029747 artifact entry (No. P205014). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205014 (Original work published 2002)
BM 029747 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205014 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029747 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205014},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205014},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205014
LB  - CDLI:P205014
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BM 029747 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205014
ER  -
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