BM 023839 (P205006)

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 023839

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley distributed over several months to the érin bala tush-a and the érin é-sukkal; seal: Ur-gishgigir dumu É-d.Anzu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Barley distributed over several months to the érin bala tush-a and the érin é-sukkal; seal: Ur-gishgigir dumu É-d.Anzu)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.08.00.00
Accounting Period

Seals

seal association uncertain

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005468 (composite) (P458178)	S005468	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P205006
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P205006

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 023839
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	052347
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.23839
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-221

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-12 at 11:19:36	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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 023839 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205006.

BM 023839 artifact entry (No. P205006). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205006 (Original work published 2002)

BM 023839 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205006 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 023839 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205006},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205006},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205006
LB  - CDLI:P205006
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BM 023839 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205006
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 023839 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205006.

BM 023839 artifact entry (No. P205006). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205006 (Original work published 2002)

BM 023839 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205006 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 023839 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205006},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205006},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205006
LB  - CDLI:P205006
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BM 023839 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205006
ER  -