BM 016001 (P206264)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016001

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak kit-tum sipa udu-gi-ke4-ne gìr Lú-kal-la åà Gú-ab-ba.ki [ì-gál] (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has fragments

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak e2-tum
 en: accounts, ‘chambers’
3. sipa udu-gi-ke4-ne
 en: shepherds of native sheep,
4. giri3 lu2-kal-la
 en: via Lukalla,
5. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
 en: in Guabba.
reverse
  broken

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)

#new_text=P206264 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 nig2-ka9-ak nigSZID[account] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 e2-tum bitum[administrative_term] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 sipa sipa[shepherd] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 udu-gi-ke4-ne udugi[native_sheep] NOUN N Number=Plur|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 6 giri3 giri[foot] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 lu2-kal-la Lukala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 8 sza3 szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 gu2-ab-ba{ki} Gu'abba[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _

  • Artifact type: Tag
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak kit-tum sipa udu-gi-ke4-ne gìr Lú-kal-la åà Gú-ab-ba.ki [ì-gál] (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 016001
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0221

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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CDLI Notes:

P206264 leadP206264 lead

Cite this Artifact

“BM 016001 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206264.
BM 016001 artifact entry (No. P206264). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206264 (Original work published 2002)
BM 016001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206264 (Accessed: November 12, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206264},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206264},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206264
LB  - CDLI:P206264
M1  - 2025/11/12/
TI  - BM 016001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206264
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 016001 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206264.
BM 016001 artifact entry (No. P206264). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206264 (Original work published 2002)
BM 016001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206264 (Accessed: November 12, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206264},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206264},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206264
LB  - CDLI:P206264
M1  - 2025/11/12/
TI  - BM 016001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206264
ER  -
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