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BM 027340 (P204299)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027340

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of pickaxes)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [x x x x x x] gin2
2. a-sza3 su3 GAN2 {d}nin-dar-a#
3. 1(u) 1(disz) sar a-sza3 su3 GAN2 gu#?-la#?
4. GAN2 lu2-BI-SU ur-{d}nansze
5. 2(disz) gin2# {d}nanna-kam
6. 3(u) 5(disz) sar a-sza3 su3 GAN2 gu-la
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
blank space
1'. kin gid2-da e ki-sumun
2'. giri3 ur-nigar{gar} dumu ensi2-gal

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Transfer of pickaxes)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 027340
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-22 at 14:37:58	Lafont, Bertrand	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand		Lafont, Bertrand	Approved
2023-06-22 at 14:37:32	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		Lafont, Bertrand	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-10-25 at 13:36:24	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (055063) (055063)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27340) (BM.27340)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0709-128) (W_1898-0709-128)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027340 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204299.

BM 027340 artifact entry (No. P204299). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204299 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027340 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204299 (Accessed: March 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204299},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027340 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204299.

BM 027340 artifact entry (No. P204299). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204299 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027340 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204299 (Accessed: March 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204299},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204299},
}

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