BM 021762 (P204515)

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 021762

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.03.03.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204515
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P204515

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 021762
Accession Number	1896-03-30, 0428

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	042316
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.21762
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0330-428

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 021762 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204515.

BM 021762 artifact entry (No. P204515). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204515 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021762 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204515 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021762 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204515},
}

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TI  - BM 021762 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021762 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204515.

BM 021762 artifact entry (No. P204515). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204515 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021762 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204515 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021762 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204515},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204515
LB  - CDLI:P204515
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 021762 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204515
ER  -