BM 024864 (P204200)

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 024864

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley to buy reed in Ur, from Bazi to Lu-Nina; seal: Lú-dNinaki ds d. Ur-dNanshe.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. 7(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. ma2 ur-mes-ta
3. 3(barig) ma2 ARAD2-ta
4. [...]-zi-sze3
5. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-nigin6{ki}
2. dumu ur-{d}nansze
3. iti mu-szu-du7
4. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lu2-nigin6{ki}
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}nansze

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 to buy reed in Ur, from Bazi to Lu-Nina; seal: Lú-dNinaki ds d. Ur-dNanshe.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 024864
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.09.00
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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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002980 (composite) (P455690) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 024864 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204200.
BM 024864 artifact entry (No. P204200). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204200 (Original work published 2002)
BM 024864 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204200 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	title = {BM 024864 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204200},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204200},
}


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