BM 029651 (P205338)

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 029651

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of wool and bitumen from the merchant Ur-Baba to Ur-Lama; seal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Transfer of wool and bitumen from the merchant Ur-Baba to Ur-Lama; seal)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.02.02.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005007 (composite) (P457717)	S005007	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P205338
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P205338

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 029651
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056529
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29651
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1115-37-a

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
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 Artifact

“BM 029651 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205338.

BM 029651 artifact entry (No. P205338). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205338 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029651 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205338 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029651 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205338},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P205338
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - BM 029651 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205338
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 029651 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205338.

BM 029651 artifact entry (No. P205338). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205338 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029651 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205338 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029651 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205338},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205338},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205338
LB  - CDLI:P205338
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - BM 029651 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205338
ER  -