BM 017936 (P204173)

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 017936

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. 6(gesz2) 8(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 3(asz) gu2 2(u) 8(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2
3. ba#-la2
4. [ki] ur#-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
reverse
1. lugal-ti-ra-asz2-sze3
2. szu ba-ti
  blank space
3. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
4. mu {d}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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  • Museum No.: BM 017936
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0196

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.03.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-10-22 at 09:05:12 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 017936 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P204173.
BM 017936 artifact entry (No. P204173). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204173
BM 017936 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204173 (Accessed: June 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-21]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {BM 017936 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204173},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204173},
}


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PY  - 2002
ID  - P204173
LB  - CDLI:P204173
M1  - 2025/6/21/
TI  - BM 017936 artifact entry
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