JavaScript is disabled or not supported in your browser. If possible, enable it for a better experience.

BM 018127 (P202998)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 018127

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. si-i3-tum
en: deficits
3. lu2 nig2-dab5-ke4-ne
en: the the takers,
4. e2 hul-a
en: house ...
5. u3 lu2 hu-bu7{bu}
en: and
6. u3 nig2-ka9
en: and accounts
7. kilib3-ba la2-ia3
en: grand totals, debts,
reverse
1. i3-gal2
en: are here;
blank space
2. mu en {d}nanna-ta
en: from year: “... .”
3. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki}-sze3
en: to year: “... .”

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: Tag
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 018127
Accession No.: 1894-10-16, 0090

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.43.00.00
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 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
2021-10-08 at 13:54:53	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2016-12-12 at 08:43:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:39	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:38	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (039728) (039728)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.18127) (BM.18127)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1016-90) (W_1894-1016-90)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 018127 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202998.

BM 018127 artifact entry (No. P202998). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202998 (Original work published 2002)

BM 018127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202998 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 018127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202998},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202998},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202998
LB  - CDLI:P202998
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - BM 018127 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202998
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 018127 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202998.

BM 018127 artifact entry (No. P202998). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202998 (Original work published 2002)

BM 018127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202998 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 018127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202998},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202998},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202998
LB  - CDLI:P202998
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - BM 018127 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202998
ER  -