BM 027678 (P205148)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027678

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 áb gu4 gub-ba ì-[]-íb-da-[]-ra Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. ab2 gu4 gub-ba
en: cows and oxen stationed,
3. i3-[...]
en: ...
4. ib2-da-[...]-ra
en: ...
5. gir2-su{ki}-ta
en: from Girsu
6. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
en: to Guabba,
7. i3-gal2
en: are here;
8. mu us2-sa en eridu{ki} ba-hun-ga2
en: year following: “The en-(priest) of Eridu was hired.”

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba áb gu4 gub-ba ì-[]-íb-da-[]-ra Gír-suki-ta Gú-ab-baki-shè ì-gál)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.09.00.00 (us2 year)
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P205148
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P205148

Physical information

Artifact type	Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 027678
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055400
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.27678
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0709-466

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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:55	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027678 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205148.

BM 027678 artifact entry (No. P205148). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205148 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027678 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205148 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027678 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205148},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P205148
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - BM 027678 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205148
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027678 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205148.

BM 027678 artifact entry (No. P205148). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205148 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027678 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205148 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027678 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205148},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205148
LB  - CDLI:P205148
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - BM 027678 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205148
ER  -