BM 021357 (P206368)

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 021357

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

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(barig) sze lugal ur-ab-ba
2. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-an-si4-an-na dumu-ni
3. 1(barig) lu2-ma2-gur8-re
4. 1(barig) lugal-sa6-ga
5. 1(barig) ur-sze-il2-la
6. 4(ban2) sza3-ba-na-sig
7. 1(barig) ur-{d}nansze
8. 1(barig) lugal-ezem
9. 1(barig) ur-{d}iszkur
10. ($ blank space $) ur-tur-tur i3-dab5
11. 1(barig) ur-{d}suen
12. 1(barig) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
13. 1(barig) lu2-du10-ga
14. 1(barig) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
15. 1(barig) lu2-sa6-ga
16. 4(ban2) lugal-ezem
17. 1(barig) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
18. 1(barig) esz3-ta-szu-sa6-ga
19. 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
20. ($ blank space $) {d}en-lil2-e-ba-du6 i3-dab5
21. 1(barig) ur-ku3-nun
22. 1(barig) ur-{d}nansze
23. 1(barig) lu2-gu3-de2-a
24. 4(ban2) nam-mah
column 2
1. 1(barig) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. 1(barig) a-kal-la
3. 1(barig) sza3-ga
4. 1(barig) dingir-mu-[ma-an-si3]
5. ($ blank space $) sza3-ga-na-kum i3-dab5
6. 1(barig) ARAD2 dumu [...]
7. 1(barig) ku-[li]
8. 1(barig) a-kal-[la min]
9. 1(barig) lu2-sukkal-[an-ka]
10. 1(barig) ur-{d}szul-[pa-e3]
11. 1(barig) ur-{d}ba-ba6
12. 1(barig) lu2-[me-lam2]
13. 1(barig) ARAD2-dam
14. 1(barig) ur-{d}[...] giri3
15. 1(ban2) 5(disz) ab-[ba-sa6-ga] dumu-ni
16. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5
17. 1(barig) lu2-uru11{ki}
18. 1(barig) ur-gu2-en-na
19. 1(barig) ur-sa6-ga
20. 1(barig) bu3-ka-ka
21. 1(barig) ARAD2-dam
22. 1(barig) lugal-ku3-zu
23. 1(barig) ur-{d}ama-mu-dab5
reverse
column 1
1. 4(ban2) lu2-dingir-ra
2. ($ blank space $) lu2-uru11{ki} i3-dab5
blank space
3. szu-nigin2 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta
4. szu-nigin2 4(disz) gurusz 4(ban2)-ta
5. szu-nigin2 2(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
6. sze-bi 8(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur
column 2
1. he2-dab5 e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. giri3 a-tu dumu erin-da
blank space
3. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul

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
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021357
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0023

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.11d.00 (intercalated)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-05-19 at 10:01:31	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		Lafont, Bertrand	approved
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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (041940) (041940)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21357) (BM.21357)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-23) (W_1896-0330-23)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 021357 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206368.

BM 021357 artifact entry (No. P206368). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206368 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021357 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206368 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021357 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206368},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206368},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/1/2/
TI  - BM 021357 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206368
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021357 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206368.

BM 021357 artifact entry (No. P206368). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206368 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021357 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206368 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021357 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206368},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206368},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206368
LB  - CDLI:P206368
M1  - 2026/1/2/
TI  - BM 021357 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206368
ER  -