BM 024311 (P207527)

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 024311

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Beer and bread for SHulgi-ili, 5 àga-ush and shitim-nagar, é-ná kar-ra dù-dè gin-na)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda
2. {d}szul-gi-i3-li2
3. 5(disz) aga3-us2 3(disz) sila3-ta
4. 5(disz) sila3 ninda szitim nagar-me
5. u4 1(disz)-kam u4 7(disz)-sze3
6. giri3 {d}szul-gi-i3-li2 lu2-{gesz}tukul
reverse
1. e2-dam {d}szu-{d}suen
2. kar-ra du3-de3 gen-na
3. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
4. u4 7(disz) ba-zal

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Beer and bread for SHulgi-ili, 5 àga-ush and shitim-nagar, é-ná kar-ra dù-dè gin-na)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.02.07
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P207527
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P207527

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 024311
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	052774
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.24311
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-693

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
2023-06-15 at 11:22:21	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand		Lafont, Bertrand	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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:09	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	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 024311 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207527.

BM 024311 artifact entry (No. P207527). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207527 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024311 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207527 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024311 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207527},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207527},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207527
LB  - CDLI:P207527
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 024311 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207527
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024311 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207527.

BM 024311 artifact entry (No. P207527). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207527 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024311 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207527 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024311 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207527},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207527},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207527
LB  - CDLI:P207527
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 024311 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207527
ER  -