BM 024854a (P203715)
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 024854aPeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Deficit of barley from the rá-gaba Niurum to Ur-Ningiszida; seal: Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da ds d. Lugal-sha6-ga.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. ki nig2-u2-rum ra2-gaba-ta
3. la2-ia3 su-ga
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
5. dumu lugal-sa6-ga
reverse
1. giri3 szesz-szesz
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga
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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Seal information:
Transliteration of seal legend given as dumu ur-sa6-ga but it seems likely it should be dumu lugal-sa6-ga in line with main text.
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Deficit of barley from the rá-gaba Niurum to Ur-Ningiszida; seal: Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da ds d. Lugal-sha6-ga.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: CBT 3, p.42
[CBT32006] Sigrist, Marcel, Ran Zadok, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2006. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 3. British Museum Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 024854a
- Accession No.: 1898-02-15, 1236a
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.08.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-08-08 at 14:21:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2021-10-31 at 13:34:09 | Jagersma, Bram | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | 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 (053299) (053299)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-1236-a) (W_1898-0215-1236-a)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 005194 (composite) (P457904) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 8},
title = {BM 024854a artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P203715},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203715},
}
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