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BM 017955 (P204598)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017955

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. kiszib3 gid2-da
en: extended sealed documents
3. lu2 nig2-dab5 e2-kikken2-ke4-ne
en: ...,
blank space
4. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
blank space
1. mu en-mah-gal-an-na
en: year: “... .”

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 017955
Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0215

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-10-10 at 11:56:38	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2021-10-07 at 14:30:43	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2016-12-12 at 08:52:19	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:38	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:38	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (039604) (039604)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17955) (BM.17955)
The British Museum Collection (W_1894-1015-215) (W_1894-1015-215)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 017955 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204598.

BM 017955 artifact entry (No. P204598). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204598 (Original work published 2002)

BM 017955 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204598 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 017955 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204598},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204598
LB  - CDLI:P204598
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BM 017955 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204598
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 017955 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204598.

BM 017955 artifact entry (No. P204598). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204598 (Original work published 2002)

BM 017955 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204598 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 017955 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204598},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204598
LB  - CDLI:P204598
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BM 017955 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204598
ER  -