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BM 029936 (P205510)

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 029936

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Small cattle from the sukkalmah to Ka5-a-mu; Drehem)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 43.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Small cattle from the sukkalmah to Ka5-a-mu; Drehem)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 029936
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
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 (056750) (056750)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29936) (BM.29936)
The British Museum Collection (W_1899-0114-83) (W_1899-0114-83)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029936 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205510.

BM 029936 artifact entry (No. P205510). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205510 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029936 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205510 (Accessed: December 15, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029936 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205510},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205510},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029936 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205510.

BM 029936 artifact entry (No. P205510). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205510 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029936 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205510 (Accessed: December 15, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029936 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205510},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205510},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205510
LB  - CDLI:P205510
M1  - 2025/12/15/
TI  - BM 029936 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205510
ER  -