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BM 029389 (P204389)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029389

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Garments and wool in Guabba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Garments and wool in Guabba)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029389
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact 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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (056439) (056439)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29389) (BM.29389)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-1114-22) (W_1898-1114-22)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029389 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204389.

BM 029389 artifact entry (No. P204389). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204389 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029389 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204389 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029389 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204389},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204389},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029389 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204389.

BM 029389 artifact entry (No. P204389). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204389 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029389 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204389 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029389 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204389},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204389},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204389
LB  - CDLI:P204389
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - BM 029389 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204389
ER  -