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BM 021586 (P319509)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021586

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Fish for weaver women (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) ku6-sze6 gur lugal
2. 1(gesz'u) ku6 sig
3. he2-dab5 geme2 usz-bar
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. [...]
2. [iti GAN2-masz]
3. [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 (Fish for weaver women (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: CBT 2, BM 021586 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.
citation: BBVO 10, p. 127 n. 402 (obv. 1-4)

[Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021586
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0252

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.01.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-07-30 at 10:12:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042145) (042145)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21586) (BM.21586)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-252) (W_1896-0330-252)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021586 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319509.

BM 021586 artifact entry (No. P319509). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319509 (Original work published 2006)

BM 021586 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319509 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021586 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319509},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021586 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319509.

BM 021586 artifact entry (No. P319509). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319509 (Original work published 2006)

BM 021586 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319509 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021586 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319509},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P319509
LB  - CDLI:P319509
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - BM 021586 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319509
ER  -