BM 018571 (P204186)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 018571

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) gin2-gal zabar gi6
2. ki-la2-bi 8(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2
3. ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
reverse
1. ba-la2
2. lugal-ti-ra-asz2
3. szu ba-ti
4. giri3 sza13-dub-ba
5. giri3 lugal-ki-gal-la
6. iti munu4-gu7
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (metal)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.01.05.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204186
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P204186

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 018571
Accession Number	1895-03-29, 0229

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	040106
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-0329-229

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-10-22 at 09:57:50	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 018571 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P204186.

BM 018571 artifact entry (No. P204186). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204186 (Original work published 2002)

BM 018571 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204186 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 018571 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P204186.

BM 018571 artifact entry (No. P204186). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204186 (Original work published 2002)

BM 018571 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204186 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {BM 018571 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204186},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204186},
}

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PY  - 2026
ID  - P204186
LB  - CDLI:P204186
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BM 018571 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204186
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