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BM 020542 (P202269)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020542

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. lu2 tu-ru-hu-um-me
3. ki zabar-dab5
4. giri3 a-ki-a
reverse
1. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
blank space
2. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-mu

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Fischer, ZA 082, 080 no. 18
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: ZA 82 (pp. 60-91), 080 18 (seal)

[Fischer1992ZA82] Fischer, Claudia. 1992. “Siegelabrollungen Im British Museum Auf Neusumerischen Tontafeln Aus Der Provinz Lagaš; Untersuchungen Zu Den Tierkampfszenen.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 82: 60–91.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020542
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0582

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.11d.00 (intercalated)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-27 at 13:12:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-10-23 at 09:33:27	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041628) (041628)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20542) (BM.20542)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-582) (W_1895-1017-582)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004785 (composite) (P457495)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 020542 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202269.

BM 020542 artifact entry (No. P202269). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202269 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020542 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202269 (Accessed: December 22, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020542 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202269},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202269},
}

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TI  - BM 020542 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 020542 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202269.

BM 020542 artifact entry (No. P202269). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202269 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020542 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202269 (Accessed: December 22, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020542 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202269},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202269},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202269
LB  - CDLI:P202269
M1  - 2025/12/22/
TI  - BM 020542 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202269
ER  -