BM 024178 (P209009)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024178

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inspection of géme in the field dNin-ur4-ra.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) la2 1(disz) geme2-usz-bar
2. ugula ur-{d}nin-tu
3. 2(u) 5(disz) geme2 ugula [a]-du
4. 2(u) geme2 ugula {d}szara2-za-me
5. 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 ugula lu2-bala-sig5
6. 2(u) geme2 ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
7. 2(u) 1(disz) geme2 ugula ur-{d}suen
reverse
1. 4(disz) lu2-azlag2
2. ugula ur-{d}szara2
3. gurum2 ak u4 4(disz)-kam
4. a-sza3 {d}nin-ur4-ra
5. iti szeg12 {gesz}i3-szub-ba gar
6. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM 024178
  • Accession No.: 1898-02-15, 0560

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.03.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2021-10-31 at 13:34:09 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 024178 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209009.
BM 024178 artifact entry (No. P209009). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209009 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024178 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209009 (Accessed: May 28, 2025).
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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024178 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209009},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209009},
}


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