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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

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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.”

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: Tag
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022236
Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0341

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	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
2021-10-10 at 12:16:31	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2016-12-12 at 08:43:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:43	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:39	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		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 (042687) (042687)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22236) (BM.22236)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0409-341) (W_1896-0409-341)

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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: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	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  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BM 022236 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204464
ER  -

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: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	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  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BM 022236 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204464
ER  -