BM 029887 (P204390)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029887

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oxen, donkeys taken in account by Ur-dNanshe; ugula Lum-ma nu-bànda gu4 é-shabra)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Oxen, donkeys taken in account by Ur-dNanshe; ugula Lum-ma nu-bànda gu4 é-shabra)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.02.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204390
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P204390

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 029887
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056703
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29887
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1899-0114-34

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
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029887 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204390.

BM 029887 artifact entry (No. P204390). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204390 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029887 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204390 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204390},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029887 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204390.

BM 029887 artifact entry (No. P204390). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204390 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029887 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204390 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029887 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204390},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204390
LB  - CDLI:P204390
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BM 029887 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204390
ER  -