BM 027516 (P208320)

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 027516

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for Lú-ba-a; seal: SHà-kù-ge ds d. Lú-kal-la)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Barley for Lú-ba-a; seal: SHà-kù-ge ds d. Lú-kal-la)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.10.00
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004059 (composite) (P456769)	S004059	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P208320
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P208320

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 027516
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055240
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.27516
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0709-304

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027516 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208320.

BM 027516 artifact entry (No. P208320). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208320 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027516 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208320 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 027516 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208320},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208320
LB  - CDLI:P208320
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BM 027516 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208320
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027516 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208320.

BM 027516 artifact entry (No. P208320). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208320 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027516 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208320 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 027516 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208320},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208320
LB  - CDLI:P208320
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BM 027516 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208320
ER  -