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BM 024814 (P204402)

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 024814

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley (she dab5-ba) received by various persons; seals: Lugal-lú-sha6-sha6 ds d. Nim-shà-kúsh-an-na; Ur-Ig-alim ds d. La-la [])

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 4(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal kiszib3 lu2-sa6-ga ab-ba-iri
2. 6(asz) gur sze al-la nu-banda3-gu4
3. 4(asz) 8(disz) sila3 sze lugal-sza3-la2 nu-banda3-gu4-ta
4. 3(barig) sze lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu sanga
5. 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze lugal-me3 nu-banda3-gu4
6. sze dab5-ba didli giri3 ur-e2-ninnu muhaldim
7. kiszib3 lugal-lu2-sa6-sa6 ka-guru7
reverse
1. iti munu4-gu7
2. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
1. lugal-lu2-sa6-sa6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu nimgir-sza3-kusz2-an-na

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative (Barley (she dab5-ba) received by various persons; seals: Lugal-lú-sha6-sha6 ds d. Nim-shà-kúsh-an-na; Ur-Ig-alim ds d. La-la [])
Language(s): Sumerian

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024814
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.05.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

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

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (053261)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24814)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-1196-a)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003576 (composite) (P456286)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“BM 024814 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402.

BM 024814 artifact entry (No. P204402). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024814 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024814 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204402
LB  - CDLI:P204402
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - BM 024814 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402
ER  -

“BM 024814 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402.

BM 024814 artifact entry (No. P204402). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402 (Original work published 2002)

BM 024814 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 024814 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204402
LB  - CDLI:P204402
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - BM 024814 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204402
ER  -

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