BM 020464 (P203009)

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 020464

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. 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. mar-sa ma2 gu-la lugal gub-ba
3. sza3 uri5{ki}
4. giri3 na-silim ma2-lah5-gal
reverse
1. ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ta
2. mu si-mu-ur4-ru-um{ki}
3. u3 lu-lu-bu-um{ki}
4. a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz-sze3 ba-hul

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.44.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P203009
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P203009

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 020464
Accession Number	1895-10-17, 0504

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	041583
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.20464
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1017-504

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
2021-10-31 at 13:29:19	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 020464 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203009.

BM 020464 artifact entry (No. P203009). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203009 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020464 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203009 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020464 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203009},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203009},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203009
LB  - CDLI:P203009
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - BM 020464 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203009
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 020464 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203009.

BM 020464 artifact entry (No. P203009). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203009 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020464 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203009 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020464 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203009},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203009},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203009
LB  - CDLI:P203009
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - BM 020464 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203009
ER  -