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BM 020151 (P203582)

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 020151

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. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
3. 1(asz) gur a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
4. 4(barig) sze a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
5. 3(barig) a-ra2 4(disz)-kam
6. sza3 guru7 1(disz)-a
7. 4(barig) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
8. sza3 guru7 2(disz)-a
9. 2(asz) gur a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
reverse
1. sza3 guru7 3(disz)-kam
2. 1(barig) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
3. sza3 guru7 4(disz)-kam
4. 1(barig) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
5. sza3 guru7 5(disz)-kam
blank space
6. szu-nigin2 6(asz) 4(barig) sze
7. sze ab-bu-na SAR-da
8. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal guru7-da tusz-a
9. i3-dub sag-ub3-ba
left
1. sze gesz e3 ur-{d}lamma ensi2 gir2-su{ki}
2. giri3 na-bi2-{d}en-lil2-la2
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{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 020151
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00
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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
2021-10-23 at 09:33:27	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 (041502) (041502)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20151) (BM.20151)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-191) (W_1895-1017-191)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020151 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203582.

BM 020151 artifact entry (No. P203582). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203582 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203582 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203582},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203582},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203582
LB  - CDLI:P203582
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - BM 020151 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203582
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020151 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203582.

BM 020151 artifact entry (No. P203582). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203582 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203582 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203582},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203582},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203582
LB  - CDLI:P203582
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - BM 020151 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203582
ER  -