BM 024540 (P205162)
Administrative tablet 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 024540Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Un-íl to haul a boat to Nippur; zi-ga Di-ni-lí.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
2. ug3-IL2 aszgab
3. nibru{ki}-sze3
4. ma2 tug2 gada gid2-da-me
5. zi-ga
reverse
1. di-ni-li2
2. iti sze-il2-la
3. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-a-hun
obverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
2. ug3-IL2 aszgab
3. nibru{ki}-sze3
4. ma2 tug2 gada gid2-da-me
5. zi-ga
reverse
1. di-ni-li2
2. iti sze-il2-la
3. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-a-hun
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: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Un-íl to haul a boat to Nippur; zi-ga Di-ni-lí.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 024540
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.12.00
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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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| 2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2021-10-31 at 13:34:09 | Jagersma, Bram | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (052996) (052996)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24540) (BM.24540)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-922) (W_1898-0215-922)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 024540 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205162.
BM 024540 artifact entry (No. P205162). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205162 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024540 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205162 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
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