BM 027458 (P203384)

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 027458

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SHim from A-gi4 to Inim-dBa-ba6-ì-dab5; seal: Géme-dLama nin-dingir dBa-ba6 Inim-dBa-ba6-ì-dab5 rá-gaba ir11-zu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. szim-i3 8(disz)# dug-kam
  blank space
2. szim#-i3 kin# {d}ba-ba6-sze3
3. ki# a-gi4-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 inim-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
  blank space
3. mu {gesz}gu-za mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
seal 1
column 1
1. geme2-{d}lamma
2. eresz-dingir
3. {d}ba-ba6
column 2
1. inim-{d}ba-[ba6]-i3-[dab5]
2. ra2-gaba#
3. ARAD2-[zu]

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 Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SHim from A-gi4 to Inim-dBa-ba6-ì-dab5; seal: Géme-dLama nin-dingir dBa-ba6 Inim-dBa-ba6-ì-dab5 rá-gaba ir11-zu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: QNAR 1, BM 27458

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

    (seal)

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  • Museum No.: BM 027458
  • Accession No.:

  • 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
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2021-10-25 at 13:36:24 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 004409 (composite) (P478004) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 027458 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203384.
BM 027458 artifact entry (No. P203384). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203384 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027458 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203384 (Accessed: November 21, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {BM 027458 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203384},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P203384},
}


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