BM 029734 (P205945)

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 029734

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Grain and bran for oxen and workers)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Grain and bran for oxen and workers)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Ibbi-Suen.02.02.06
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P205945
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P205945

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 029734
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056583
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29734
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1115-120

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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 029734 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205945.

BM 029734 artifact entry (No. P205945). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205945 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029734 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205945 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205945},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029734 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205945.

BM 029734 artifact entry (No. P205945). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205945 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029734 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205945 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029734 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205945},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205945
LB  - CDLI:P205945
M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - BM 029734 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205945
ER  -