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BM 026266 (P204410)

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 026266

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Flour loaden on boat from Ur-Baba; kishib Ur-dNanshe má-lah4; seal: Ur-dNanshe má-lah4 d. Lú-dingir-ra)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) 1(ban2) zi3-gu sig5 lugal
2. 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) zi3-gu du gur lugal
3. ma2-a si-ga
reverse
1. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze ma2-lah4
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-i3-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. ma2-lah4
3. dumu lu2-dingir-ra

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 (Flour loaden on boat from Ur-Baba; kishib Ur-dNanshe má-lah4; seal: Ur-dNanshe má-lah4 d. Lú-dingir-ra)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026266
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.08.00
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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
2021-10-31 at 13:36:15	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 (054403) (054403)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.26266) (BM.26266)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-84) (W_1898-0514-84)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026266 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204410.

BM 026266 artifact entry (No. P204410). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204410 (Original work published 2002)

BM 026266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204410 (Accessed: February 4, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 026266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204410},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204410},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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TI  - BM 026266 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026266 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204410.

BM 026266 artifact entry (No. P204410). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204410 (Original work published 2002)

BM 026266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204410 (Accessed: February 4, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 026266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204410},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204410},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204410
LB  - CDLI:P204410
M1  - 2026/2/4/
TI  - BM 026266 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204410
ER  -