BM 022236 (P204464)
Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 022236Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TagMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak
en: inspections
3. giri3#-se3#-ga
en: of personnel
4. ma2-lah4 lu2 mar-sa-ke4-ne
en: boatmen and harbor laborers,
5. u3 bur2-bi#
en: and ...
reverse
1. gir2-su{ki}-ta
en: from Girsu
2. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
en: to Guabba,
3. i3-gal2
en: are here;
blank space
4. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en#-lil2#-la2# ba-dim2
en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned.”
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak
en: inspections
3. giri3#-se3#-ga
en: of personnel
4. ma2-lah4 lu2 mar-sa-ke4-ne
en: boatmen and harbor laborers,
5. u3 bur2-bi#
en: and ...
reverse
1. gir2-su{ki}-ta
en: from Girsu
2. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
en: to Guabba,
3. i3-gal2
en: are here;
blank space
4. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en#-lil2#-la2# ba-dim2
en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned.”
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)
- Artifact type: Tag
- Material: Clay
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- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
- Language(s): Sumerian
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 022236
- Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0341
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
- Elevation:
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
- Alternative Years:
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042687) (042687)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22236) (BM.22236)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0409-341) (W_1896-0409-341)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 022236 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204464.
BM 022236 artifact entry (No. P204464). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204464 (Original work published 2002)
BM 022236 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204464 (Accessed: September 24, 2025).
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