BM 085054 (P356061)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 085054

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub-gid2-da
en: long-tablets,
3. lu2 nig2-dab5 sza3 ugnim{ki}-ma-ke4-ne
en: men of seizures of Ugnim,
4. mu didli sze erin2-e gu7-a
en: various years, barley to the (labor-)troops fed,
5. e2-gal-ka
en: in the palace,
6. i3-gal2
en: are here;
7. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5-ta
en: from extra month “Harvest,”
8. iti sze-il2-la-sze3
en: to month “Barley-lifted,”
9. iti 2(disz)-kam
en: (a period) of 2 months,
10. [iti diri]-bi 1(disz)-am3
en: its extra month 1;
11. mu us2-sa en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3
en: year following: “The en(-priestess) of Nanna by the goat was found.”

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.44.11d.00 (intercalated), Šulgi.44.12.00
Accounting Period	Šulgi.44.11d.00 (intercalated) to Šulgi.44.12.00

Record

CDLI number	P356061
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P356061

Physical information

Artifact type	Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 085054
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	078477
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.85054
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1899-0116-92

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
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2016-12-15 at 17:01:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 13:30:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:17:00	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-01-17 at 15:12:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	Approved
2007-01-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 085054 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P356061.

BM 085054 artifact entry (No. P356061). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356061 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356061 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 085054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356061},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356061},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P356061
LB  - CDLI:P356061
M1  - 2026/5/19/
TI  - BM 085054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P356061
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 085054 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P356061.

BM 085054 artifact entry (No. P356061). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356061 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356061 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 085054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356061},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356061},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P356061
LB  - CDLI:P356061
M1  - 2026/5/19/
TI  - BM 085054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P356061
ER  -