BM 027692 (P202862)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027692

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 [a]-dé-a gish bala-a DU-a shabra-ne kilib-ba bar-ra kar Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè nì-ka9-ak érin gi-zi ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. [a]-de2-a gesz bala-a de6-a
en: Irrigation, ...,
3. szabra-ne
en: of the chief household administrators
4. nigin-ba bar-ra kar
en: grand totals of barakara(-laborers),
5. gir2-su{ki}-ta
en: from Girsu
6. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
en: to Guabba,
7. nig2-ka9-ak erin2 gi-zi
en: accounts of (labor-)troops of fodder-reed,
8. i3-gal2
en: are here;
9. mu lugal-e sza-asz-ru-um{ki} mu-hul
en: year: “The king Šašrum destroyed.”

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba [a]-dé-a gish bala-a DU-a shabra-ne kilib-ba bar-ra kar Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè nì-ka9-ak érin gi-zi ì-gál)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.02.00.00 Ozaki: AS2 at Girsu: there is no Girsu texts from the era of Shulgi which have “mu (Shulgi) lugal-e sza-asz-ru ... ba-hul”.
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202862
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202862

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 027692
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055414
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.27692
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0709-480

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:55	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:42:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
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

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027692 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202862.

BM 027692 artifact entry (No. P202862). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202862 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027692 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202862 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027692 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202862},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202862
LB  - CDLI:P202862
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BM 027692 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202862
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027692 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202862.

BM 027692 artifact entry (No. P202862). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202862 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027692 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202862 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027692 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202862},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202862
LB  - CDLI:P202862
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BM 027692 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202862
ER  -