CM 26, 120 (P205058)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025445

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Silver from Dingirmu to Nì-ga for the bala; seal illegible.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki an-ku-ta
  1 line blank
3. nig2-gur11 szu ba-ti
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}en-ki
2. bala-sze3
3. iti sze-il2-la
  1 line blank
4. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Silver from Dingirmu to Nì-ga for the bala; seal illegible.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: CM 26, 120

    [Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.

  • citation: Fs Foster (pp. 185-202), 189

    [Garfinkle2010FsFoster] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2010. “Merchants and State Formation in Early Mesopotamia.” In Opening the Tablet Box : Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster, 42:185–202. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden : Brill.

    (as CM 26, 122)

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  • Museum No.: BM 025445
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.12.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-23 at 14:24:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-23 at 14:17:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2016-02-19 at 11:54:51 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:35:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:27:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:34:56 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“CM 26, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P205058.
CM 26, 120 artifact entry (No. P205058). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205058 (Original work published 2002)
CM 26, 120 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205058 (Accessed: May 28, 2025).
@misc{2024CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {CM 26, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205058},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205058},
}


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