BM 024459 (P203605)

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 024459

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Lu-Igimashe to Ur-Baba son of Nadi.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. ki lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3-ta
3. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu na-silim
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{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 024459
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024459 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203605.
BM 024459 artifact entry (No. P203605). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203605 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024459 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203605 (Accessed: November 18, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024459 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203605},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203605
LB  - CDLI:P203605
M1  - 2025/11/18/
TI  - BM 024459 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203605
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024459 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203605.
BM 024459 artifact entry (No. P203605). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203605 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024459 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203605 (Accessed: November 18, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024459 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203605},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203605
LB  - CDLI:P203605
M1  - 2025/11/18/
TI  - BM 024459 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203605
ER  - 
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