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BM 024081 (P207645)

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 024081

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 the responsible of the dogs; zi-ga shukur énsi.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. szu-{d}iszkur
3. 1(disz) sila3 nig2-u2-rum
4. 2(disz) sila3 pi-mi-ri2
5. 2(disz) sila3 {d}szul-gi-ha-ma-ti
6. 3(disz) sila3 szar-ru-ru
7. giri3 ur-e2-mah
8. 2(disz) sila3 ARAD2 aga3-us2
9. giri3 ur-gu2-en-na
10. 4(disz) ur-gi7 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
reverse
1. 5(disz) ur-gi7 1(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
2. ninda-bi 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3
3. 2(disz) sila3 PI-mu
4. 2(disz) sila3 <ad>-da-ri2 NIM
5. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 puzur4-esz18-tar2
6. sipa ur-gi7-me
7. zi-ga szuku ensi2
8. u4 1(disz)-kam
9. iti sze-sag11-ku5

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 (Beer and bread for the responsible of the dogs; zi-ga shukur énsi.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024081
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.11.01
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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
2023-06-15 at 11:47:56	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	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 (052572) (052572)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24081) (BM.24081)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-463) (W_1898-0215-463)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 024081 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207645.

BM 024081 artifact entry (No. P207645). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207645 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207645 (Accessed: December 13, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207645},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207645},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207645
LB  - CDLI:P207645
M1  - 2025/12/13/
TI  - BM 024081 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207645
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 024081 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207645.

BM 024081 artifact entry (No. P207645). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207645 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207645 (Accessed: December 13, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207645},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207645},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207645
LB  - CDLI:P207645
M1  - 2025/12/13/
TI  - BM 024081 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207645
ER  -