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BM 027560 (P207652)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027560

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 2(disz) i3 a2-GAM
3. szu-i3-li2 lu2 {gesz}tukul gu-la
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
5. 1(disz) i3 a2-GAM
6. szu-{d}nin-szubur ra2-gaba
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 <zi3>
2. 1(disz) i3 a2-GAM
3. szu-{d}iszkur lu2-kas4
4. ($ erasure $) sila3 kasz ($ erasure $) sila3 zi3
5. ($ erasure $) i3 a2-GAM
6. ur-{d}nansze mar-tu#
blank space
left
1. zi#-ga# u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
some text moved to next line
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5

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 (messenger text Messenger tablet)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 027560
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.11.09
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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
2022-01-21 at 14:38:05	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2021-10-25 at 13:36:24	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 (055284) (055284)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27560) (BM.27560)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0709-348) (W_1898-0709-348)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027560 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207652.

BM 027560 artifact entry (No. P207652). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207652 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027560 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207652 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027560 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207652},
}

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TI  - BM 027560 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027560 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207652.

BM 027560 artifact entry (No. P207652). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207652 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027560 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207652 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027560 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207652},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207652
LB  - CDLI:P207652
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - BM 027560 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207652
ER  -