BM 024016 (P205797)

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 024016

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Corpses of sheep transferred to weaver women for food; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lú-me-lám)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Corpses of sheep transferred to weaver women for food; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lú-me-lám)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.09.12.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P205797
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P205797

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 024016
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	052508
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.24016
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-398

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 Artifacts

“BM 024016 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205797.

BM 024016 artifact entry (No. P205797). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205797 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205797 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 024016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205797},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205797
LB  - CDLI:P205797
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 024016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205797
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024016 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205797.

BM 024016 artifact entry (No. P205797). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205797 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205797 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 024016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205797},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205797
LB  - CDLI:P205797
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 024016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205797
ER  -