BM 024677 (P207570)

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 024677

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Caravan text; urudu-nagar-alan-lugal shu-ba-ti.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 ninda ur-{d}da-mu
2. 2(disz) sila3 ninda ur3-re-ba-du7
3. 2(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su e2-udu
reverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 mar-tu
2. 3(disz) sila3 tibira alan lugal uruda szu sa2-sa2 szu ba-ti
3. inim sza13-dub-ba-ta
4. zi-ga u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
5. 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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Caravan text; urudu-nagar-alan-lugal shu-ba-ti.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.06.19
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P207570
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P207570

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 024677
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	053131
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.24677
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-1059

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 11:38:48	Lafont, Bertrand	Artifact metadata	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 13:34:10	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 024677 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207570.

BM 024677 artifact entry (No. P207570). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207570 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024677 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207570 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207570},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 024677 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207570.

BM 024677 artifact entry (No. P207570). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207570 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024677 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207570 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024677 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207570},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207570
LB  - CDLI:P207570
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 024677 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207570
ER  -