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BM 021749 (P204859)

Administrative tablet 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 021749

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) la2 2(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 2(u) 4(disz) ma-na la2 1(u) gin2
3. ba#-la2
4. [ki] ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
reverse
1. [lugal-im-ru-a]
2. szu ba-ti
3. giri3 gu3-de2-a sza13-dub-ba#
4. u3 lu2-bi-mu
5. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
6. mu# sza-asz-ru{ki} [ba-hul]

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: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (metal)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021749
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0415

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2021-10-23 at 10:31:52	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		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 (042303) (042303)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 021749 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P204859.

BM 021749 artifact entry (No. P204859). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204859

BM 021749 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204859 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2002BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {BM 021749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204859},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P204859
LB  - CDLI:P204859
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BM 021749 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204859
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021749 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P204859.

BM 021749 artifact entry (No. P204859). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204859

BM 021749 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204859 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2002BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {BM 021749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204859},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P204859
LB  - CDLI:P204859
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BM 021749 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204859
ER  -