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, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022236

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
 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.”

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P204464

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 022236
Accession Number 1896-04-09, 0341

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 042687
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.22236
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0409-341

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2021-10-10 at 12:16:31 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:01 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 19:16:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:43 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:39 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 Artifacts

“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: April 24, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022236 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204464},
}


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TI  - BM 022236 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022236 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204464},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204464
LB  - CDLI:P204464
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - BM 022236 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204464
ER  -
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