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)
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

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

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
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 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  - 

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  - 
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