BM 019171 (P204307)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 019171

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
 en: inspections of who passed by,
3. geme2 usz-bar
 en: female weavers,
4. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
 en: in Kinunir,
5. [sza3] nigin6{ki}
 en: in Nigin,
reverse
1. sza3 lagasz{ki}
 en: in Lagash,
2. u3 sza3 uru11{ki}
 en: and in Uru,
3. gaba-ri ensi2
 en: copies of the governor,
4. i3-gal2
 en: are in here;
5. ur-{d}lamma
 en: Ur-Lamma,
6. ensi2
 en: the governor,
7. mu {d}<amar-{d}>suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
 en: year: “... .”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P204307

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 019171
Accession Number 1895-10-12, 0149

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 040653
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19171
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1012-149

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-06-03 at 11:42:29 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration de Maaijer, Remco Jagersma, Bram Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2021-10-09 at 10:34:34 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2021-10-09 at 10:20:36 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2021-10-07 at 09:51:29 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:40 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:38 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 019171 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204307.
BM 019171 artifact entry (No. P204307). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204307 (Original work published 2002)
BM 019171 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204307 (Accessed: June 8, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 019171 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204307},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204307},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204307
LB  - CDLI:P204307
M1  - 2026/6/8/
TI  - BM 019171 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204307
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 019171 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204307.
BM 019171 artifact entry (No. P204307). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204307 (Original work published 2002)
BM 019171 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204307 (Accessed: June 8, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 019171 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204307},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204307},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204307
LB  - CDLI:P204307
M1  - 2026/6/8/
TI  - BM 019171 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204307
ER  -
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