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BM 021297 (P203567)

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 021297

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. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze zi3-ka-sze3
3. a-sza3 mah-ta
4. ki lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu lu2-dingir-ra-ta
5. lugal-ka-gi-na-ke4
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
3. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{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 021297
Accession No.: 1895-11-12, 0056

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.03.00
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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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	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 (041903) (041903)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21297) (BM.21297)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1112-56) (W_1895-1112-56)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021297 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203567.

BM 021297 artifact entry (No. P203567). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203567 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021297 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203567 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021297 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203567},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203567},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021297 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203567.

BM 021297 artifact entry (No. P203567). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203567 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021297 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203567 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021297 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203567},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203567},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203567
LB  - CDLI:P203567
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - BM 021297 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203567
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