BM 023340 (P205729)

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 023340

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [n]+2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
2. [szu]-igi-du
3. [n]+2(asz) gur ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 BI#? szesz lu2-kal-la-ta
4. 2(u) gur giri3 lugal-pa-e3
5. [n] 1(barig) gur giri3 ur-nig2 i3-du8
6. ki# szu-i-ne-ta
  blank space
7. szu-nigin2 4(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
8. sza3-bi-ta
9. 3(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur iti 1(disz)-kam
10. iti 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. sze-bi 4(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) gur
  blank space
2. szu-nigin2 4(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2)
3. zi-ga
4. la2-ia3 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5. nig2-ka9 ak sze-ba ug3-IL2 e2-gal
6. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
7. [mu] e2# {d}szara2 ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: CBT 2, ,

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 023340
  • Accession No.: 1897-05-15, 0018

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2021-10-23 at 13:19:23 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata 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):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003198 (composite) (P455908) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 023340 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205729.
BM 023340 artifact entry (No. P205729). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205729 (Original work published 2002)
BM 023340 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205729 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 023340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205729},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205729},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205729
LB  - CDLI:P205729
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - BM 023340 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205729
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 023340 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205729.
BM 023340 artifact entry (No. P205729). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205729 (Original work published 2002)
BM 023340 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205729 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 023340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205729},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205729},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205729
LB  - CDLI:P205729
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - BM 023340 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205729
ER  - 
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