BM 023996 (P205666)

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 023996

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (4 zabar 7 lá úrxPA gishdúr-gar ki Na-ba-sha6-ta kishib Lú-dingir-ra; metal.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) zabar 7(disz) la2 umbin {gesz}dur2-gar
2. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2
3. ba-la2
4. ki na-ba-sa6-ta
reverse
1. [giri3] sza13-dub-ba
2. [u3] lu2-dingir-ra <<DISZ>>
  blank space
3. [mu] {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5#{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8# mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin#-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (4 zabar 7 lá úrxPA gishdúr-gar ki Na-ba-sha6-ta kishib Lú-dingir-ra; metal.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 023996
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 023996 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205666.
BM 023996 artifact entry (No. P205666). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205666 (Original work published 2002)
BM 023996 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205666 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 023996 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205666},
}

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