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BM 022057 (P203221)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022057

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(barig) zu2-lum sig5
2. 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur
3. ur-{d}utu nu-{gesz}kiri6
4. 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur
5. szesz-kal-la nu-{gesz}kiri6
6. 1(barig) zu2-lum sig5
7. 5(asz) gur
8. ur-{d}ba-ba6 szandana
9. 2(barig) zu2-lum sig5
10. 9(asz)# 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
reverse
1. an#-ne2-ba-ab-du7 nu-{gesz}kiri6
2. 2(asz) 2(ban2) gur
3. ur-e2#-ninnu nu-{gesz}kiri6
4. zu2-lum# kab2 du11-ga
5. {gesz}kiri6# eresz-dingir {d}ba-ba6
6. ugula inim#-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5 szabra
7. iti munu4-gu7
8. mu us2-sa si#-mu#-ur4-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu#-um#{ki} 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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022057
Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0162

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.05.00
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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
2021-10-23 at 11:59:20	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		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 (042543) (042543)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22057) (BM.22057)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0409-162) (W_1896-0409-162)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 022057 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203221.

BM 022057 artifact entry (No. P203221). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203221 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022057 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203221 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022057 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203221},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203221},
}

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TI  - BM 022057 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 022057 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203221.

BM 022057 artifact entry (No. P203221). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203221 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022057 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203221 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022057 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203221},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203221},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203221
LB  - CDLI:P203221
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - BM 022057 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203221
ER  -