BM 024054 (P203042)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024054

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 gúrum (igi-gar)-ak érin-sag engar é dSHulgi [] ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak
 en: inspections
3. erin2 sag-apin
 en: (labor-)troops, head-plowmen,
4. [e2] {d}szul#-gi# [...]
 en: house of Šulgi ...,
5. [i3-gal2]
 en: are here;
reverse
  blank space
1. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Šaszrum was 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)

  • Artifact type: Tag
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba gúrum (igi-gar)-ak érin-sag engar é dSHulgi [] ì-gál)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 024054
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:46 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024054 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203042.
BM 024054 artifact entry (No. P203042). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203042 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203042 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203042},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203042},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203042
LB  - CDLI:P203042
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BM 024054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203042
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024054 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203042.
BM 024054 artifact entry (No. P203042). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203042 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203042 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203042},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203042},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203042
LB  - CDLI:P203042
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BM 024054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203042
ER  -
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