BM 016227 (P317534)

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 016227

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba containing records of payments in barley to workmen in Girsu (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sze erin2-e szu-ti-a
 en: grain by the (labor-)troops received,
3. erin2 engar sza3-gu4
 en: (labor-)troops, plowmen, those of oxen,
4. u3 erin2 gir2-su{ki}
 en: and (labor-)troops of Girsu
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
 en: year: “Šu-Suen, the king of Ur, Great-Stele for Enlil and Ninlil erected.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba containing records of payments in barley to workmen in Girsu (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P317534

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 016227
Accession Number 1896-06-12, 0447

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 039402
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.16227
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0612-447

References

  • history: CBT 2, BM 016227 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo Heinrich Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 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 08:42:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:38 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 016227 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317534.
BM 016227 artifact entry (No. P317534). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317534 (Original work published 2006)
BM 016227 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317534 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317534},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317534},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P317534
LB  - CDLI:P317534
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - BM 016227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317534
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 016227 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317534.
BM 016227 artifact entry (No. P317534). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317534 (Original work published 2006)
BM 016227 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317534 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317534},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317534},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P317534
LB  - CDLI:P317534
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - BM 016227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317534
ER  -
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