BM 020169 (P204051)

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 020169

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) 3(asz) sze gur lugal
2. gur zabar-ta
3. ki ur-sa6-ga-ta
4. lu2-lagasz{ki}
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. i3-dub a-sza3 |GA2xU|-e-gar-ra-ta
3. iti szu-numun
4. ugula sanga {d}dumu-zi
5. mu amar-{d}suen lugal

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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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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020169
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0209

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.04.00
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 020169 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204051.
BM 020169 artifact entry (No. P204051). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204051 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020169 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204051 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204051},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204051},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204051
LB  - CDLI:P204051
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - BM 020169 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204051
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 020169 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204051.
BM 020169 artifact entry (No. P204051). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204051 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020169 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204051 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204051},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204051},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204051
LB  - CDLI:P204051
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - BM 020169 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204051
ER  - 
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