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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

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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

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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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Museum No.: BM 085054
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

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

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

External Resources

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“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: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	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  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - BM 085054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P356061
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“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: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	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  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - BM 085054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P356061
ER  -