BM 020107 (P203680)

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 020107

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. 1(barig) sze lugal lugal-ti-ra-asz2-sze3
2. 4(ban2) lugal-uszumgal dumu al-la
3. 1(barig) iri-bar-re-si
4. 1(barig) ur-nig2 dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6
5. 1(barig) ur-{gesz}gigir dumu lu2-kal-la
6. 4(ban2) al-la dumu ur-{d}da-mu
7. 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu nig2-du7
8. 1(barig) ARAD2 dumu nam-mah
9. 4(ban2) lu2-uru11{ki} dumu lugal-[...]
10. 1(barig) ug3-IL2
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. szu-nigin2 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta
2'. szu-nigin2 6(disz) gurusz 4(ban2)-ta
3'. sze-bi 3(asz) 4(barig) gur
4'. he2-dab5 dab5-ba
5'. e2 {d}szul-gi
6'. a-sza3 tul2 szu-i-ne
7'. giri3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dub-sar
8'. iti GAN2-masz 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 020107
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0147

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 020107 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203680.
BM 020107 artifact entry (No. P203680). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203680 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020107 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203680 (Accessed: June 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203680},
}

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