BM 020039 (P203578)

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 020039

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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tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) sze gur lugal
2. sze i3-dub bara2-si-ga
3. nig2-ka9 gu-za-ni-ta
4. 1(asz) 3(barig) la2-ia3 ur-esz3-lil2-la2
5. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
6. 5(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur la2-ia3 zi3-da
7. 3(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) gur kiszib3 gu-za-ni
8. ki i3-kal-la dumu ur-{d}lamma-ta
9. 1(u) 2(asz) gur
10. kiszib3 gu-za-ni
11. i3-dub bara2-si-ga-ta
12. 1(u) 3(asz) gur giri3 sza3-ku3-ge
13. ki ku5-da-mu dumu sanga uru11{ki}-ta
14. szu-nigin2 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
15. 1(u) 1(asz) sza3-bi-ta
16. 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga
reverse
1. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. sze-bi 2(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
3. kiszib3 ab-ba-mu dumu na-ba-sa6
4. 9(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. sze-bi 1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
6. kiszib3 sza3-ku3-ge dumu ur-{d}nansze
7. a2 hun-ga2 a-sza3 gesz-gi gesz-gaba-tab gid2-da
8. giri3 sanga
9. ugu2 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga <ga2-ga2?>-dam
10. 3(u) 6(asz) gur giri3 sanga
11. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
12. ugu2-a ga2-ga2
13. szu-nigin2 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
14. mu-kux(DU)
15. la2-ia3 5(u) 9(asz) 5(disz) sila3 gur
16. nig2-ka9 ak
17. gu-za-ni e2 nam-ha-ni
18. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020039
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0079

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.00.00, Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 020039 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203578.
BM 020039 artifact entry (No. P203578). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203578 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203578 (Accessed: June 1, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203578},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203578},
}

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