BM 029911 (P203984)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 029911

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for érin coming from the ì-dub dSHul-gi-zi-kalam-ma; from Ur-Baba to Lugal-dumu-gi7; seal: Lugal-dumu-gi7 ds d. Lú-[])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. 7(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba erin2-na-sze3
3. i3-dub {d}szul-gi-zi-kalam-ma
reverse
1. kiszib3 lugal-dumu-gi7
2. ugula ur-{d}nansze
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
1. lugal-dumu-gi7
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-[...]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for érin coming from the ì-dub dSHul-gi-zi-kalam-ma; from Ur-Baba to Lugal-dumu-gi7; seal: Lugal-dumu-gi7 ds d. Lú-[])
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 029911
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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 13:36:15 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 029911 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203984.
BM 029911 artifact entry (No. P203984). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203984 (Original work published 2002)
BM 029911 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203984 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {BM 029911 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203984},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203984},
}


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