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BM 024358 (P204995)

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 024358

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Stone na4har-shu a-ru-a bur-sag dNanshe-shè.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) na4-ur5 szu si3-ga
2. a-ru-a ki an-ne2-ba-du7-ta
3. bur-sag {d}nansze-sze3
4. ur-nig2 ugula bur-sag i3-dab5
reverse
1. mu en eridu{ki} ba-a-hun

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 (Stone na4har-shu a-ru-a bur-sag dNanshe-shè.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024358
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:10	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	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 (052815) (052815)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24358) (BM.24358)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-740) (W_1898-0215-740)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024358 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204995.

BM 024358 artifact entry (No. P204995). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204995 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024358 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204995 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024358 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204995},
}

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TI  - BM 024358 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024358 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204995.

BM 024358 artifact entry (No. P204995). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204995 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024358 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204995 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024358 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204995},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204995
LB  - CDLI:P204995
M1  - 2026/3/28/
TI  - BM 024358 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204995
ER  -