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BM 024136 (P203863)

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 024136

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan dub-da Basket label: pisan-dub-da áb-ùz dab5-ba shà Gír-suki é kurushda énsi [] ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. ab2 ud5 dab5-ba
en: cows and nannies ...,
3. sza3# gir2#-[su]{ki}
en: within Girsu
4. e2# kuruszda# ensi2#
en: (and) the fattening house of the governor
5. [...] x
en: ...
6. i3#-gal2#
en: are here;
reverse
1. mu# us2#-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi
en: year after: “Kimaš,” year after that.

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (pisan dub-da Basket label: pisan-dub-da áb-ùz dab5-ba shà Gír-suki é kurushda énsi [] ì-gál)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024136
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2015-08-07 at 11:01:29	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:47	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (052617) (052617)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24136) (BM.24136)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-518) (W_1898-0215-518)

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024136 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203863.

BM 024136 artifact entry (No. P203863). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203863 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024136 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203863 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203863},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203863
LB  - CDLI:P203863
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - BM 024136 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203863
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024136 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203863.

BM 024136 artifact entry (No. P203863). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203863 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024136 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203863 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203863},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203863
LB  - CDLI:P203863
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - BM 024136 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203863
ER  -