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BiMes 03, 18 (P221790)

Administrative tablet excavated in Lagash (mod. El-Hiba), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM—

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Lagash (mod. El-Hiba)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ab2 TUR-TUR-a
2. 2(asz@c) gu4 ab2
3. 3(asz@c) gu4 mu 2(disz@t)
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) gir# sig#
2. 3(asz@c) gu4 sig
3. sze-bi 2(u) 1(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) gur saggal
reverse
1. ab2 TUR-TUR-sa
2. nimgir-si
3. aga3-us2 agrig-da
4. an-da-si12-a-am6 9(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BiMes 3, 18

[Biggs1976BiMes3] Biggs, Robert D. 1976. Inscriptions from Al-Hiba—Lagash. The First and Second Seasons. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 3. Malibu: Undena Publications.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM—
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Lagash (mod. El-Hiba)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: 2 H-T 003
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.09.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-22 at 15:50:58	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2024-10-02 at 09:11:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2020-09-03 at 03:34:48	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2015-05-07 at 08:44:26	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2011-09-21 at 05:35:28	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:41	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2008-06-21 at 16:54:52	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:58	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“BiMes 03, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P221790.

BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry (No. P221790). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221790 (Original work published 2003)

BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221790 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221790},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221790},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P221790
LB  - CDLI:P221790
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221790
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BiMes 03, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P221790.

BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry (No. P221790). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221790 (Original work published 2003)

BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221790 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221790},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221790},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P221790
LB  - CDLI:P221790
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - BiMes 03, 18 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221790
ER  -