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CM 26, 100 (P320474)

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 021591

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley (2390 gur) loaded on boats for Nippur (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 5(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
2. 6(disz) ma2 5(u) gur
3. 8(disz) ma2 4(u) gur
4. 1(u) la2 1(disz) ma2 3(u) gur
5. ma2 sze nibru{ki}
6. giri3 ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
reverse
1 line blank
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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 (Barley (2390 gur) loaded on boats for Nippur (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CM 26, 100

[Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.
history: CBT 2, BM 021591 (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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021591
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0257

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.04.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:51:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:40:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:49:51	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (042150) (042150)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21591) (BM.21591)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-257) (W_1896-0330-257)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320474.

CM 26, 100 artifact entry (No. P320474). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320474 (Original work published 2006)

CM 26, 100 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320474 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CM 26, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P320474},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320474},
}

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TI  - CM 26, 100 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320474.

CM 26, 100 artifact entry (No. P320474). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320474 (Original work published 2006)

CM 26, 100 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320474 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CM 26, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P320474},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320474},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P320474
LB  - CDLI:P320474
M1  - 2026/3/5/
TI  - CM 26, 100 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P320474
ER  -