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BM 027846 (P205444)

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 027846

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Silver, kù-babbar lá-ni su-ga, Lú-dDumu-zi shu-ba-ti)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) ma#-na 9(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
2. ki ur-{d}ig-alim-ta
3. 3(disz) gin2 ki AN-ki-da-ta
4. 2(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ki nin-a-na-ta
5. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ki lu2-kal-la dumu ur-{d}nansze-ta
reverse
1. 5(disz) gin2# ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ur-{d}nansze-<ta>
2. la2-ia3 su-ga
3. lu2-{d}dumu-zi
4. szu ba-ti
5. giri3 ur-{d}lamma# dumu ur-{d}suen#
6. mu bad3 mar#?-[tu] ba-[du3]

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 (Silver, kù-babbar lá-ni su-ga, Lú-dDumu-zi shu-ba-ti)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 027846
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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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
2023-06-24 at 14:37:30	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		Lafont, Bertrand	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
2021-10-25 at 13:57:21	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		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 (055538) (055538)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27846) (BM.27846)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0711-111) (W_1898-0711-111)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027846 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205444.

BM 027846 artifact entry (No. P205444). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205444 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027846 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205444 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027846 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205444},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205444},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027846 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205444.

BM 027846 artifact entry (No. P205444). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205444 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027846 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205444 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027846 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205444},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205444},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205444
LB  - CDLI:P205444
M1  - 2026/3/28/
TI  - BM 027846 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205444
ER  -