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BM 027095 (P204487)

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 027095

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba kilib-ba síg-ba Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nigin-ba siki-ba
en: grand totals, wool rations,
3. gir2-su{ki}-ta
en: from Girsu
4. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
en: to Guabba,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
6. mu 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 Basket label: pisan-dub-ba kilib-ba síg-ba Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè ì-gál)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 027095
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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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
2016-12-12 at 08:43:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:52	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	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 (054829) (054829)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27095) (BM.27095)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0611-147) (W_1898-0611-147)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027095 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204487.

BM 027095 artifact entry (No. P204487). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204487 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027095 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204487 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027095 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204487},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027095 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204487.

BM 027095 artifact entry (No. P204487). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204487 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027095 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204487 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027095 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204487},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204487
LB  - CDLI:P204487
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - BM 027095 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204487
ER  -