BM 024265 (P205457)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024265

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Gudea for the weaver women; seal: Lú-dingir-ra ds d. Lú-dUtu.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) ad7 udu ba-usz2
2. ki gu3-de2-a-ta
3. geme2-usz-bar-e ba-ab-gu7
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
2. dumu lu2-{d}utu
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-dingir-ra
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}utu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley from Gudea for the weaver women; seal: Lú-dingir-ra ds d. Lú-dUtu.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000185 (composite) (P430284) S000185 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.03.04.00, Ibbi-Suen.01.01.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P205457

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 024265
Accession Number

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2021-10-31 at 13:34:09 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024265 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205457.
BM 024265 artifact entry (No. P205457). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205457 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024265 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205457 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 024265 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205457},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205457},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205457
LB  - CDLI:P205457
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 024265 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205457
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024265 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205457.
BM 024265 artifact entry (No. P205457). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205457 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024265 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205457 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 024265 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205457},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205457},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205457
LB  - CDLI:P205457
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 024265 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205457
ER  - 
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