BM 029368 (P204888)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029368

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Work to be done in fields, size of the fields given; kin dù-a bàd-sahar-ra; gìr Ur-mes dub-sar; 6 col. tablet, each side half broken)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Work to be done in fields, size of the fields given; kin dù-a bàd-sahar-ra; gìr Ur-mes dub-sar; 6 col. tablet, each side half broken)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.07.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204888
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P204888

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 029368
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056431
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29368
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1114-1

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029368 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204888.

BM 029368 artifact entry (No. P204888). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204888 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029368 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204888 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 029368 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204888},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204888},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P204888
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - BM 029368 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029368 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204888.

BM 029368 artifact entry (No. P204888). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204888 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029368 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204888 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 029368 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204888},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204888},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204888
LB  - CDLI:P204888
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - BM 029368 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204888
ER  -