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BM 100301 (P206539)

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 100301

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Flour for poultry, fromUr-gar to dUtu-mu ì-du8; seal: ·-ma-ni ds d. Mu-[])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 9(disz) ir7{muszen} zi3 2(disz) gin2-ta
2. zi3-bi 2(disz) sila3 gin2
3. u4 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u)-sze3
4. zi3-bi 2(ban2) lugal
5. ki ur-nig2-ta
reverse
1. {d}utu-MI i3-du8 szu ba-ti
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4 u4 1(u) ba-zal
3. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. u3-ma-ni
2. dub-sar
3. dumu mu-[...]

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 (Flour for poultry, fromUr-gar to dUtu-mu ì-du8; seal: ·-ma-ni ds d. Mu-[])
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 100301
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.03.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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 13:36:15	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 (056940) (056940)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.100301) (BM.100301)
The British Museum Collection (W_1905-0515-261) (W_1905-0515-261)

Seals

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

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

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 100301 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206539.

BM 100301 artifact entry (No. P206539). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206539 (Original work published 2002)

BM 100301 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206539 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BM 100301 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206539},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
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M1  - 2026/1/10/
TI  - BM 100301 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 100301 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206539.

BM 100301 artifact entry (No. P206539). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206539 (Original work published 2002)

BM 100301 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206539 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BM 100301 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206539},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206539
LB  - CDLI:P206539
M1  - 2026/1/10/
TI  - BM 100301 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206539
ER  -