BM 027819 (P206509)

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 027819

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Dattes from Alla to Ur-ab-ba; seal: Ur-ab-ba ds d. Ba-zi ds síg-ka)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. 1(asz) zu2-lum gur lugal
2. giri3 nam-mah
3. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
4. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
reverse
1. ki al-la-ta
2. kiszib3 ur-ab-ba
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ab-ba
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi
4. dub-sar zi3-ka

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 (Dattes from Alla to Ur-ab-ba; seal: Ur-ab-ba ds d. Ba-zi ds síg-ka)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

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  • Museum No.: BM 027819
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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 13:36:14 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 004343 (composite) (P457053) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 027819 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206509.
BM 027819 artifact entry (No. P206509). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206509 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027819 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206509 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027819 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P206509},
}


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