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BM 020192 (P207565)

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 020192

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
1. 4(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 u2 1(u) <sar-ta>
2. ur-sukkal szesz-gal
3. 7(disz) ug3-IL2 al
4. da-gu szesz-gal
5. 6(disz) gurusz bala gub-ba u2 1(u) <sar-ta>
6. 6(disz) gurusz bala hun-ga2 u2
7. ab-ba-gu-la szesz-gal
8. 3(disz) gurusz bala gub-ba
reverse
1. 3(disz) gurusz bala tusz-<a> hun-ga2
2. ur-nigar{gar}
3. ugula lugal-ezem
4. 1(u) lu2 hun-ga2 u2 1(u)
5. 4(disz) gu4 tug2 tuku
6. 6(disz) gu4 numun
7. a-sza3 musz-eden?
8. u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
9. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi

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 020192
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0232

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.06.13
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 13:29:19	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

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041521) (041521)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20192) (BM.20192)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-232) (W_1895-1017-232)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 020192 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207565.

BM 020192 artifact entry (No. P207565). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207565 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020192 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207565 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020192 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207565},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207565},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207565
LB  - CDLI:P207565
M1  - 2026/1/10/
TI  - BM 020192 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207565
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 020192 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207565.

BM 020192 artifact entry (No. P207565). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207565 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020192 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207565 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020192 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207565},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207565},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207565
LB  - CDLI:P207565
M1  - 2026/1/10/
TI  - BM 020192 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207565
ER  -