BM 015066 (P204455)

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 015066

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. ab2 ansze udu
 en: cows, donkeys, sheep of
3. e2 szu szum2#-ma#
 en: the house of consignments
4. gir2#-su{ki}-ta
 en: from Girsu
5. gu2#-ab-ba#{ki}-sze3
 en: to Guabba,
6. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
  blank space
1. mu {gesz}gu-za# {d}en-lil2#-la2 ba-dim2#
 en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned”

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/P204455

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 015066
Accession Number 1896-04-08, 0261

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 052164
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15066
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0408-261

References

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 268

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2021-10-10 at 11:51:28 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-10-07 at 10:25:37 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-18 at 11:46:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:36 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:09 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 015066 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204455.
BM 015066 artifact entry (No. P204455). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204455 (Original work published 2002)
BM 015066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204455 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BM 015066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204455},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204455},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P204455
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BM 015066 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204455
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 015066 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P204455.
BM 015066 artifact entry (No. P204455). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204455 (Original work published 2002)
BM 015066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204455 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BM 015066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204455},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204455},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P204455
LB  - CDLI:P204455
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BM 015066 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204455
ER  -
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