BM 024938 (P203235)
Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 024938Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Sheep for the kitchen of the ensi in Ur; ›xU-shè; seal dedicated to SHulgi, Ur-dLama shà-tam ir11-zu.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 3(disz) udu niga 3(disz) udu |E2xU|-sze3
2. 2(disz) masz2 nam-erim2 dumu szu-la-ba dam-gar3
reverse
1. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
2. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
3. iti mu-szu-du7
4. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
5. ur-{d}[lamma]
6. sza3-[tam]
7. ARAD2-zu
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Administrative (Sheep for the kitchen of the ensi in Ur; ›xU-shè; seal dedicated to SHulgi, Ur-dLama shà-tam ir11-zu.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: QNAR 1, BM 24938
[Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.
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- Museum No.: BM 024938
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.09.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-01-27 at 13:50:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-31 at 13:34:09 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (053373) (053373)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24938) (BM.24938)
- British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-1320-a) (W_1898-0215-1320-a)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 006158 (composite) (P458868) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2026BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-23]},
year = {2026},
month = {jan 27},
title = {BM 024938 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P203235},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203235},
}
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