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BM 024148 & BM 024148A (P205140)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 024148 & BM 024148A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of oil and wool; Gù-dé-a-e Ur-gu-la gi-dam, tukumbi Ur-gu-la nu-ù-gi-e Gù-dé-a su-su-dam.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 i3-nun gur lugal
2. 6(asz) gu2 4(u) 9(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 siki ud5
3. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9 ak
4. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da
reverse
1. gu3-de2-a-e
2. ur-gu-la gi-dam
3. tukum-bi ur-gu-la nu-u3-gi-e
4. gu3-de2-a su-su-dam
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. gu3-de2-a dub-sar
2. dumu lu2-[...]

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 & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Account of oil and wool; Gù-dé-a-e Ur-gu-la gi-dam, tukumbi Ur-gu-la nu-ù-gi-e Gù-dé-a su-su-dam.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024148 & BM 024148A
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-04 at 15:04:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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 13:34:09	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 (052627) (052627)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24148) (BM.24148)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-530-a) (W_1898-0215-530-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024148 & BM 024148A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P205140.

BM 024148 & BM 024148A artifact entry (No. P205140). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205140 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024148 & BM 024148A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205140 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {BM 024148 & {BM} 024148A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205140},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024148 & BM 024148A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P205140.

BM 024148 & BM 024148A artifact entry (No. P205140). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205140 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024148 & BM 024148A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205140 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {BM 024148 & {BM} 024148A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205140},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P205140
LB  - CDLI:P205140
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - BM 024148 & BM 024148A artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205140
ER  -