BM 023937 (P208361)

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 023937

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley to buy reed; from Ur-Enlilla; seal illegible)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Barley to buy reed; from Ur-Enlilla; seal illegible)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.11.00
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P208361
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P208361

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 023937
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	052431
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.23937
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-319

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 023937 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208361.

BM 023937 artifact entry (No. P208361). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208361 (Original work published 2002)

BM 023937 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208361 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 023937 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208361},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208361},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P208361
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - BM 023937 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 023937 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208361.

BM 023937 artifact entry (No. P208361). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208361 (Original work published 2002)

BM 023937 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208361 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 023937 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208361},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208361},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208361
LB  - CDLI:P208361
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - BM 023937 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208361
ER  -