BM 018165 (P202981)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 018165

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dug esir2 had2
2. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) esir2 e2-a gur lugal
3. ki ur-e2-gal-ta
4. ma2 lugal-sze3
blank space
5. mu-kux(DU)
reverse
1. giri3 nam-mah
blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3

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
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.43.08.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202981
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202981

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
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 018165
Accession Number	1894-10-16, 0128

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	039761
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.18165
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1894-1016-128

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2021-10-22 at 09:05:12	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		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 018165 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202981.

BM 018165 artifact entry (No. P202981). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202981 (Original work published 2002)

BM 018165 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202981 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202981},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 018165 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202981.

BM 018165 artifact entry (No. P202981). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202981 (Original work published 2002)

BM 018165 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202981 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 018165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202981},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202981},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202981
LB  - CDLI:P202981
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BM 018165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202981
ER  -