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BM 029654 (P206522)

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 029654

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Balanced account of barleyof Ur-kù-gi d Ir11-da-ni, expressed in silver; in the temple of SHulgi,)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 9(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))|) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
3. dub-sag
4. ($ erasure $) gur
5. ($ erasure $) gin2 ku3
6. dah-u3
7. 1(barig) sze engar 1(barig) ensi2
8. sza3-bi-ta
9. 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
10. 3(disz) gin2 ku3
11. ur-{d}nansze
12. 1(u) la2 1(asz) gur
13. 2(disz) gin2 ku3
reverse
1. lugal-siki-su13
2. 3(gesz2) 2(u) gur sze szuku-ra engar
3. 2(asz) 3(barig) gur
4. igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3
5. {d}szul-pa-e3-szesz
6. 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
7. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) sze
8. ur-ku3-nun dumu ARAD2-da-ni
blank space
9. e2 {d}szul-gi

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 (Balanced account of barleyof Ur-kù-gi d Ir11-da-ni, expressed in silver; in the temple of SHulgi,)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029654
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
2021-10-26 at 08:26:04	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 (056530) (056530)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29654) (BM.29654)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-1115-40) (W_1898-1115-40)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029654 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206522.

BM 029654 artifact entry (No. P206522). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206522 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029654 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206522 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029654 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206522
LB  - CDLI:P206522
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BM 029654 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206522
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029654 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206522.

BM 029654 artifact entry (No. P206522). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206522 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029654 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206522 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029654 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206522
LB  - CDLI:P206522
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BM 029654 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206522
ER  -