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BM 024719 (P204867)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024719

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Arua oxen from Itaea to Ahua the ùnu.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ab2 mah2
2. 1(disz) ab2 1(disz)
3. 1(disz) ab2 2(disz)
4. 2(disz) gu4 1(disz)
5. a ru-a
reverse
1. ki i-ta-e3-a-ta
2. a-hu-a unu3 i3-dab5
3. mu hu-hu-nu-ri2{ki} ba-hul

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 (Arua oxen from Itaea to Ahua the ùnu.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024719
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.00.00
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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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:10	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		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 (053173) (053173)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24719) (BM.24719)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-1101) (W_1898-0215-1101)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024719 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204867.

BM 024719 artifact entry (No. P204867). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204867 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024719 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204867 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024719 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204867},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204867},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024719 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204867.

BM 024719 artifact entry (No. P204867). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204867 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024719 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204867 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024719 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204867},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204867},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204867
LB  - CDLI:P204867
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - BM 024719 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204867
ER  -