BM 024770 (P204091)

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 024770

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Wool received by Geme-Baba wife of the sagi mah Urdam for the women entering in the mill.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) gu2 1(u) ma-na siki gi
2. geme2-{d}ba-ba6 dam ur-dam sagi-mah
reverse
1. mu geme2-ni e2-kikken2 ba-an-ku4-ra-sze3
2. dingir-pa3-da ugula maszkim
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Wool received by Geme-Baba wife of the sagi mah Urdam for the women entering in the mill.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 024770
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024770 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204091.
BM 024770 artifact entry (No. P204091). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204091 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024770 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204091 (Accessed: November 15, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024770 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204091},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204091},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204091
LB  - CDLI:P204091
M1  - 2025/11/15/
TI  - BM 024770 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024770 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204091.
BM 024770 artifact entry (No. P204091). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204091 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024770 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204091 (Accessed: November 15, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024770 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204091},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204091},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204091
LB  - CDLI:P204091
M1  - 2025/11/15/
TI  - BM 024770 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204091
ER  - 
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