BM 020965 (P202308)

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 020965

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. 1(u) gur ziz2
3. ki u2-u2-ta
4. {d}utu-a szu ba-ti
reverse
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra na-ru2-a mah mu-ne-du3
envelope
obverse
  incomplete transliteration
seal 1
1. {d}utu-a dub-sar
2. 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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  • Seal information:

    seal association uncertain

  • Artifact comments:


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020965
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 1005

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005737 (composite) (P458447) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 020965 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202308.
BM 020965 artifact entry (No. P202308). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202308 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020965 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202308 (Accessed: November 14, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020965 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202308},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P202308},
}

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