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BM 022882 (P204321)

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 022882

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

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2# [ku3-babbar]
2'. lugal-he2-gal2
3'. 1(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2
4'. lu2-u18-mu
5'. 1/3(disz){sza} 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
6'. ur-nig2
7'. 1(disz) ma-na la2 2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2
8'. i3-li2
reverse
blank space
1. szu-nigin2 3(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-<na> la2 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ku3 sze sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
3. [...] gir2#?-su?
rest broken
left
1. mu us2-sa 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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022882
Accession No.: 1897-05-11, 0028

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2021-10-23 at 12:48:39	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 (042928) (042928)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22882) (BM.22882)
British Museum Collection (W_1897-0511-28) (W_1897-0511-28)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 022882 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204321.

BM 022882 artifact entry (No. P204321). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204321 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022882 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204321 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022882 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204321},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204321},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P204321
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - BM 022882 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204321
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 022882 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204321.

BM 022882 artifact entry (No. P204321). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204321 (Original work published 2002)

BM 022882 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204321 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022882 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204321},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204321},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204321
LB  - CDLI:P204321
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - BM 022882 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204321
ER  -