BM 023591 (P320435)

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 023591

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory of various material (esir, ú-húb, ì-åáh, síg, duh-làl, ú-gan), including copper (urudu); lá-ni si-ì-tum mu Ur-bil-lum˚ ba-hul Lú-dingir-ra dumu Hé-ti nì-ka9-bi ag-dam (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Inventory of various material (esir, ú-húb, ì-åáh, síg, duh-làl, ú-gan), including copper (urudu); lá-ni si-ì-tum mu Ur-bil-lum˚ ba-hul Lú-dingir-ra dumu Hé-ti nì-ka9-bi ag-dam (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.46.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P320435
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P320435

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 023591
Accession Number	1898-02-14, 0011

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	043296
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.23591
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0214-11

References

history: CBT 2, BM 023591 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 023591 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320435.

BM 023591 artifact entry (No. P320435). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320435 (Original work published 2006)

BM 023591 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320435 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320435},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 023591 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320435.

BM 023591 artifact entry (No. P320435). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320435 (Original work published 2006)

BM 023591 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320435 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 023591 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P320435},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320435},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P320435
LB  - CDLI:P320435
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 023591 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P320435
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