BM 027660 (P202861)

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 027660

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Flour from Lú-dNin-gír-su for the oxen (á-gu4-hun-gá-shè) received by Lú-uru-sag)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Flour from Lú-dNin-gír-su for the oxen (á-gu4-hun-gá-shè) received by Lú-uru-sag)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.42.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202861
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202861

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 027660
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055382
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.27660
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0709-448

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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027660 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202861.

BM 027660 artifact entry (No. P202861). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202861 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027660 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202861 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027660 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202861},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 027660 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202861.

BM 027660 artifact entry (No. P202861). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202861 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027660 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202861 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027660 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202861},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202861},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202861
LB  - CDLI:P202861
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BM 027660 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202861
ER  -