BM 024642 (P202642)

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 024642

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Rations for un-íl; Lugal-shesh shu-ba-ti.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba ug3-IL2
3. lugal-szesz
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-ma-asz
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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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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  • Museum No.: BM 024642
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:09 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI 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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Cite this Artifact
“BM 024642 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202642.
BM 024642 artifact entry (No. P202642). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202642 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024642 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202642 (Accessed: June 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024642 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202642},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202642},
}


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