BM 024900 (P202643)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024900

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak dub-gíd-da ka-gur7 ù dub-sar zì-da-ke4-ne <ì-gál>.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak dub gid2-da
 en: accounts, long-tablets,
3. dub gid2-da
 en: long-tablets
4. ka-guru7
 en: of the silo manager,
5. u3 dub-sar zi3-da-ke4-ne
 en: and scribes of flour,
reverse
  blank space
1. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
 en: year: “Simurum for the 3rd time was destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak dub-gíd-da ka-gur7 ù dub-sar zì-da-ke4-ne <ì-gál>.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P202643

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 024900
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 053336
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.24900
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0215-1282

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:49 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024900 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202643.
BM 024900 artifact entry (No. P202643). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202643 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024900 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202643 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024900 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202643},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202643},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202643
LB  - CDLI:P202643
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - BM 024900 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202643
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024900 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202643.
BM 024900 artifact entry (No. P202643). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202643 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024900 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202643 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024900 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202643},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202643},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202643
LB  - CDLI:P202643
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - BM 024900 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202643
ER  -
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