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CM 26, 081 (P203010)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020465

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. ma2-a si-ga uri5{ki}-sze3
3. sze be-li2-um e2-duru5 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta
4. ki ba-zi-ta
5. ARAD2-mu dumu lugal-nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)
6. szu ba-ti
7. mu si-mu-ru{ki} lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz 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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CM 26, 81

[Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020465
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0505

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.00
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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
2015-07-04 at 14:42:58	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:34:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:27:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:33:48	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (041584) (041584)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20465) (BM.20465)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-505) (W_1895-1017-505)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203010.

CM 26, 081 artifact entry (No. P203010). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203010 (Original work published 2002)

CM 26, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203010 (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CM 26, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203010},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2026/2/2/
TI  - CM 26, 081 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203010
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203010.

CM 26, 081 artifact entry (No. P203010). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203010 (Original work published 2002)

CM 26, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203010 (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CM 26, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203010},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203010
LB  - CDLI:P203010
M1  - 2026/2/2/
TI  - CM 26, 081 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203010
ER  -