BM 021403 (P107218)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021403

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 iri ur-{d}[...]
2. 1(disz) tug2 ur-{d}lamma
3. 1(disz) tug2 ur-gu2-en-na
4. 1(disz) tug2 du11-ga-ni
5. 1(disz) tug2 ur-lugal
6. mu szu-ku6-e ku6 mu-dab5 u3 a2-diri-sze3 gesz-i3 mu-kux(DU)-a-sze3
7. 1(u) gu2 siki-gi na-gu-DU nar
8. giri3 szu?-{d}en-lil2 lu2 kin-gi4-a i7 nun-sze3 im-szi-gen-na
9. igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3 sa-igi alam? lugal-sze3
10. [n] tug2 guz-za du szu-{d}iszkur tibira
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1. [...]-{d}nin-[...]
2. 1(disz) [...] x x [...]
  blank space
3. [...]-ka
4. 1(disz) [lu2]-sza-lim sukkal
5. i7 [...] im-szi gen-na
6. 1(asz) gu2 [...] mu geme2 elam? i3-[...] ba-an-ku4?-sze3
7. geme2-{d}[...] dumu ur-dam sagi szu ba-ti
8. nig2-mu sukkal maszkim
9. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du du11-ga-zi-da dumu dingir-ku6
10. 4(disz) ma-na siki lugal-nigin6{ki} aga3-us2
11. lu2 hu-bu7{bu}-me
12. kiszib3 lugal-ki-gal-la
13. zi-ga gaba-ri sza3 {kusz}du10#-[gan-na]
14. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BM 021403

    [nd-14723-14723] Sigrist, Marcel. nd.

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 237 (ll. 1-6)

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

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  • Museum No.: BM 021403
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0069

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-03-27 at 13:39:35 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-05-18 at 12:44:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Wang Jinyan CDLI approved View
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:29:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-18 at 20:15:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-01-23 at 11:51:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2012-07-30 at 10:05:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-07-30 at 09:51:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 021403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107218.
BM 021403 artifact entry (No. P107218). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107218 (Original work published 2001)
BM 021403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107218 (Accessed: January 7, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107218},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107218
LB  - CDLI:P107218
M1  - 2026/1/7/
TI  - BM 021403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107218
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107218.
BM 021403 artifact entry (No. P107218). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107218 (Original work published 2001)
BM 021403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107218 (Accessed: January 7, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107218},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107218
LB  - CDLI:P107218
M1  - 2026/1/7/
TI  - BM 021403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107218
ER  -
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