BM 082819 (P203621)

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 082819

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze nig2-gal2-la
3. 4(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim
4. ki i3-kal-la-ta
5. 5(u) kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim
6. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) kiszib3 ur-szul
7. i3-dub a2-sun2-ta
8. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
9. kiszib3 du11-ga-zi-da
10. 1(u) 5(asz) kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}ig-alim
11. i3-dub sza3 gab2-e-gar-ra
12. 3(asz) ki ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga-ta
13. szu-nigin2 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
14. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. 8(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) gur
2. sze-ba gab2-us2 udu-gukkal
3. ugu2 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga ba-a-gar
4. 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5. ugu2 lugal-siki-su13 ba-a-gar
6. 1(u) ugu2 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su ba-a-gar
7. szu-nigin2 9(gesz2) 6(asz) 4(ban2) gur
8. mu-kux(DU)
9. la2-ia3 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
10. nig2-ka9 ak sze-ba gab2-us2 udu-gukkal
11. ur-{d}nin-pirig dumu ur-sa6-ga
12. 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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM 082819
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-22, 0002

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-10-31 at 13:36:15 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 082819 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203621.
BM 082819 artifact entry (No. P203621). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203621 (Original work published 2002)
BM 082819 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203621 (Accessed: May 31, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 082819 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203621},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203621},
}


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