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BM 029031 (P207599)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029031

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Flour rations for messengers, NIM Si-u5ki-me)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu sza3 iri#
2. 1(ban2) zi3 kaskal-sze3
3. a-ab-ba-sze3 du-ni
4. 1(ban2) zi3 a-ab-ba-ta du-ni
5. szu-{d}nin-szubur u3-kul
6. u3 u-bar lu2-kas4
7. lu2 a-tu5-me
8. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
9. elam si-u5{ki}-me
10. giri3 ur-sa6-ga#
reverse
1. si-u5{ki}-ta du-ni
2. 3(disz) sila3 zi3 u-bar sukkal?
3. u2-a-urua{ki}-ta du-ni
4. 3(disz) sila3 zi3 sza3 iri
5. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
6. a-gu-a aga3-us2-gal
7. hu-hu-nu-ri{ki}-sze3 du-ni
8. 3(disz) sila3 zi3 puzur4-esz-tar2 aga3-us2-gal
9. sa-bu-um{ki}-ta du-ni
10. 5(disz) sila3 szu-ma-mi sukkal
11. |MUSZ3.ERIN|{ki}-ta du-ni
left
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

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 (messenger text Flour rations for messengers, NIM Si-u5ki-me)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029031
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-25 at 10:20:38	Lafont, Bertrand	Artifact	Lafont, Bertrand		Lafont, Bertrand	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-10-25 at 14:53:19	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (056383) (056383)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29031) (BM.29031)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-1112-207) (W_1898-1112-207)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029031 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207599.

BM 029031 artifact entry (No. P207599). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207599 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207599 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207599},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207599
LB  - CDLI:P207599
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - BM 029031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207599
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 029031 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207599.

BM 029031 artifact entry (No. P207599). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207599 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207599 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207599},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207599
LB  - CDLI:P207599
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - BM 029031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207599
ER  -