BM 024659 (P203405)

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 024659

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley rations for hé-dab5 from Guzani to Ur-Ninsu.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba he2-dab5-ba
3. ki gu-za-ni-ta
4. ur-{d}nin-zu
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
2. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Barley rations for hé-dab5 from Guzani to Ur-Ninsu.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.46.06.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P203405
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P203405

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 024659
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	053113
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.24659
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-1041

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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:09	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024659 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203405.

BM 024659 artifact entry (No. P203405). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203405 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024659 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203405 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024659 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203405},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203405},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P203405
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 024659 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203405
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024659 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203405.

BM 024659 artifact entry (No. P203405). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203405 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024659 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203405 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024659 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203405},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203405},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203405
LB  - CDLI:P203405
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 024659 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203405
ER  -