BM 021705 (P319611)

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 021705

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Containers filled with dates for the má u4-zal-la, gìr Ur-∂Ig-alim rá-gaba (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Containers filled with dates for the má u4-zal-la, gìr Ur-∂Ig-alim rá-gaba (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.07.05.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P319611
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P319611

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 021705
Accession Number	1896-03-30, 0371

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	042259
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.21705
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0330-371

References

history: CBT 2, BM 021705 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021705 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319611.

BM 021705 artifact entry (No. P319611). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319611 (Original work published 2006)

BM 021705 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319611 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319611},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021705 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319611.

BM 021705 artifact entry (No. P319611). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319611 (Original work published 2006)

BM 021705 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319611 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021705 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319611},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319611},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P319611
LB  - CDLI:P319611
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BM 021705 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319611
ER  -