BM 027181 (P207152)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027181

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Beer and flour for Gudea the ensi, for Ilum-malik the Amorite, shà-gal anshe, èsh-èsh u4-sakar dSHul-pa-è)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Beer and flour for Gudea the ensi, for Ilum-malik the Amorite, shà-gal anshe, èsh-èsh u4-sakar dSHul-pa-è)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P207152
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P207152

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 027181
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054915
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.27181
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0611-233

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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027181 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207152.

BM 027181 artifact entry (No. P207152). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207152 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027181 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207152 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207152},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027181 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207152.

BM 027181 artifact entry (No. P207152). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207152 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027181 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207152 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027181 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207152},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207152},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207152
LB  - CDLI:P207152
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - BM 027181 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207152
ER  -