BM 022078 (P205489)
Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 022078Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TagMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. e2 szu szum2-ma usz-bar lu2-x
en: house of consignments, weavers, Lu-...,
3. e2 usz-bar e2-gal# u3 e2 usz-bar eresz-dingir {d}ba-ba6
en: house of weavers of the palace, and house of weavers of the high priestess of Baba,
reverse
1. lu2-inim-nig2-sa6-ga
en: Lu-inimnigsaga,
2. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
en: in Girsu,
3. i3-gal2
en: are here;
blank space
4. mu us2-sa# {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq mu-du3
en: year: “... .”
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. e2 szu szum2-ma usz-bar lu2-x
en: house of consignments, weavers, Lu-...,
3. e2 usz-bar e2-gal# u3 e2 usz-bar eresz-dingir {d}ba-ba6
en: house of weavers of the palace, and house of weavers of the high priestess of Baba,
reverse
1. lu2-inim-nig2-sa6-ga
en: Lu-inimnigsaga,
2. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
en: in Girsu,
3. i3-gal2
en: are here;
blank space
4. mu us2-sa# {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq mu-du3
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)
- Artifact type: Tag
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
- Language(s): Sumerian
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 022078
- Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0183
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-10 at 12:08:35 | Jagersma, Bram | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2021-10-10 at 12:07:16 | Jagersma, Bram | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-05-18 at 11:46:06 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Atf | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | approved |
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| 2016-12-12 at 08:43:01 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-05-06 at 08:16:42 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-08-19 at 19:41:38 | Heinle, Michael | Atf | Heinle, Michael | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042556) (042556)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.22078) (BM.22078)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0409-183) (W_1896-0409-183)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 022078 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205489.
BM 022078 artifact entry (No. P205489). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205489 (Original work published 2002)
BM 022078 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205489 (Accessed: September 15, 2025).
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