BM 015977 (P202231)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015977

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

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BagM 27 (pp. 215-228), 223 n. 44 (seal)

    [Fischer1996BagM27] Fischer, Claudia. 1996. “Gudea Zwischen Tradition Und Moderne.” Baghdader Mitteilungen 27: 215–28.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015977
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0197

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 13:24:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-26 at 16:59:55 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 015977 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202231.
BM 015977 artifact entry (No. P202231). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202231 (Original work published 2002)
BM 015977 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202231 (Accessed: October 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {BM 015977 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202231},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202231},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202231
LB  - CDLI:P202231
M1  - 2025/10/9/
TI  - BM 015977 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202231
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 015977 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202231.
BM 015977 artifact entry (No. P202231). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202231 (Original work published 2002)
BM 015977 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202231 (Accessed: October 9, 2025).
@misc{2024BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {BM 015977 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202231},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202231},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P202231
LB  - CDLI:P202231
M1  - 2025/10/9/
TI  - BM 015977 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202231
ER  - 
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