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BM 029752 (P205652)

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 029752

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Garments transfered from the weavers to Utumu; seal: dUtu-mu ugula lú-[] d. Lú-d[])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
2. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
3. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du
4. ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
5. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
6. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
7. 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar [(x)]
8. ki ug3-[IL2-ta]
reverse
1. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga#
2. ki ugula usz-bar-ke4-ne#-[ta]
3. kiszib3 {d}utu-mu
4. nu-banda3 lu2-us2-gi-na
blank space
5. iti amar-a-a-si u4 2(disz)-kam
6. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. {d}utu-mu
2. ugula lu2 azlag2
3. dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6

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 (Garments transfered from the weavers to Utumu; seal: dUtu-mu ugula lú-[] d. Lú-d[])
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029752
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.10.02
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2022-02-12 at 09:33:40	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2021-10-26 at 08:26:05	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 (056594) (056594)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29752) (BM.29752)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-1115-138) (W_1898-1115-138)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029752 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205652.

BM 029752 artifact entry (No. P205652). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205652 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029752 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205652 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 029752 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205652},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205652
LB  - CDLI:P205652
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BM 029752 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205652
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029752 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205652.

BM 029752 artifact entry (No. P205652). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205652 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029752 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205652 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 029752 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205652},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205652
LB  - CDLI:P205652
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BM 029752 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205652
ER  -