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BM 024079 (P207568)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024079

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley needed for the sowing operations of the fields ùr-[].)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gu4 numun 4(ban2)-ta
2. ugula ur-{d}utu
3. 1(disz) gu4 gesz ur3
4. ugula lu2-{d}utu
5. 1(u) gurusz lu2 hun-ga2 al [x] sar-ta
6. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su szesz-gal
reverse
1. a-sza3 ur3-[re-ba-du7]
2. u4 2(u)+[n]-kam
3. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Barley needed for the sowing operations of the fields ùr-[].)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024079
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.06.--
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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 11:25:15	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 13:31:40	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (052570) (052570)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24079) (BM.24079)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-461) (W_1898-0215-461)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024079 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207568.

BM 024079 artifact entry (No. P207568). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207568 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207568 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207568},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207568},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024079 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207568.

BM 024079 artifact entry (No. P207568). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207568 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207568 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207568},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207568},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P207568
LB  - CDLI:P207568
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BM 024079 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207568
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