BM 085702 (P356064)
Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 085702Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TagMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sze-ba siki?-ba
en: barley rations, wool rations, of
3. geme2 usz-bar
en: female weavers
4. i3-gal2
en: are here;
5. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-an-tuku
en: year: “The princess to the governor of Zabsali was married.”
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sze-ba siki?-ba
en: barley rations, wool rations, of
3. geme2 usz-bar
en: female weavers
4. i3-gal2
en: are here;
5. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-an-tuku
en: year: “The princess to the governor of Zabsali was married.”
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)
- Artifact type: Tag
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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- Museum No.: BM 085702
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.05.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2017-01-21 at 08:34:09 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2016-07-28 at 13:30:02 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-05-06 at 08:17:01 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-08-19 at 19:41:35 | Heinle, Michael | Atf | Heinle, Michael | CDLI | approved |
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| 2007-01-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (078805) (078805)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.85702) (BM.85702)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1899-0415-509) (W_1899-0415-509)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 085702 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P356064.
BM 085702 artifact entry (No. P356064). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356064 (Original work published 2007)
BM 085702 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356064 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
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