BM 024115 (P205372)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024115

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Pickaxes (ha-zi-ir) from Ur-Ningiszida to Lugal-imrua; metal.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 1(u) ma-na la2 3(disz) gin2
3. ba-la2
4. ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
reverse
1. lugal-im-ru-a
2. szu ba-ti
3. giri3 ba-zi sza13-[dub]-ba
4. giri3 lu2-bi-mu
5. u3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu [...]
6. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Pickaxes (ha-zi-ir) from Ur-Ningiszida to Lugal-imrua; metal.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 024115
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 024115 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205372.
BM 024115 artifact entry (No. P205372). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205372 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024115 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205372 (Accessed: June 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205372},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205372},
}

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