BM 024140 (P202830)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 024140

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of oxen and donkeys; gu4 anshe dAmar-dEN.ZU-ka, ugula SHesh-kal-la.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) eme6 e2-du6-la ur-{d}ig-alim dub-sar gu4 1(u)
2. tul2-ta-pa3-da engar
3. 2(disz) gu4 su-su szesz-kal-la szabra
4. {d}inanna-ka engar
5. 1(disz) ansze su-su szesz-kal-la szabra
6. lu2-me-lam2 engar
7. 1(disz) ansze su-su ka5-a-mu dub-sar gu4-apin
8. 1(disz) dur3
reverse
1. nig2-gur11-ra-ni
2. 1(disz) dur3 su-su MA
3. 1(disz) dur3 sag-sza3-ga
4. 1(disz) dur3 su-su ur-en-gal-du-du
5. inim-ma-ni-zi
6. 1(disz) dur3 su-su
7. ku-li engar
8. 1(disz) gu4 su-<su> ur-im-nun
9. ($ blank space $) 3(disz) gu4 8(disz) ansze
10. ugula szesz-kal-la
11. gu4 {d}amar-{d}suen-ka
12. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Account of oxen and donkeys; gu4 anshe dAmar-dEN.ZU-ka, ugula SHesh-kal-la.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


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  • Museum No.: BM 024140
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 024140 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202830.
BM 024140 artifact entry (No. P202830). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202830 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024140 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202830 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202830},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202830},
}

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