BM 100436 (P202555)

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 100436

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet, Ba-lu5-lu5 lú A-gu-a-sí-im-ti-da gin-na, Ad-da-na-bí)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet, Ba-lu5-lu5 lú A-gu-a-sí-im-ti-da gin-na, Ad-da-na-bí)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.09.03
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202555
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202555

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 100436
Accession Number	1905-05-15, 0396

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	057048
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.100436
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1905-0515-396

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 100436 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202555.

BM 100436 artifact entry (No. P202555). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202555 (Original work published 2002)

BM 100436 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202555 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

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	month = {sep 15},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202555},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 100436 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202555.

BM 100436 artifact entry (No. P202555). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202555 (Original work published 2002)

BM 100436 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202555 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BM 100436 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202555},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202555
LB  - CDLI:P202555
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - BM 100436 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202555
ER  -