BM 027352 (P202737)

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 027352

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 nì-ka9-ak si-ì-tum Gìr-dBa-ba6-ì-dab5 Ur-dIgi-zi-bar-ra nì-ka9 she-amar ù kishib gíd-da-bi ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9 ak sze si-i3-tum
 en: accounts of barley deficits
3. giri3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
 en: of Giri-Baba-idab,
4. ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra
 en: Ir-Igibara,
reverse
1. nig2-ka9 sze amar
 en: accounts of barley, calves,
2. u3 dub gid2-da-bi
 en: and their extended tablets,
3. i3#-gal2
 en: are here;
4. mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-[du3]
 en: year following: “The wall of the lands was erected.”
5. e2 eresz-dingir# {d#}[ba]-ba6
 en: household of the high priestess of Baba,
6. ugula inim-{d#}[ba]-ba6#-i3#-dab5# [szabra?]
 en: foreman: Inim-Baba-idab, chief household administrator.

Textual annotations

#new_text=P202737 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 nig2-ka9-ak nigSZID[account] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 si-i3-tum situm[balance] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 giri3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5 Giribaba’idab[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra Urigizibarra[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 6 nig2-ka9 nigSZID[account] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 amar amar[calf] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 9 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 10 dub dub[tablet] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 gid2-da gid[lengthen] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 12 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 us2-sa us[follow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 15 bad3 bad[wall] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 ma-da mada[land] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 17 ba-du3 du[build] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak si-ì-tum Gìr-dBa-ba6-ì-dab5 Ur-dIgi-zi-bar-ra nì-ka9 she-amar ù kishib gíd-da-bi ì-gál)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P202737

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 027352
Accession Number

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
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-10 at 12:46:40 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-10-10 at 12:42:56 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:04:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:53 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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 027352 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202737.
BM 027352 artifact entry (No. P202737). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202737 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027352 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202737 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027352 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202737},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202737},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202737
LB  - CDLI:P202737
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - BM 027352 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 027352 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202737.
BM 027352 artifact entry (No. P202737). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202737 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027352 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202737 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027352 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202737},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202737},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202737
LB  - CDLI:P202737
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - BM 027352 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202737
ER  - 
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