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BM 015892 (P205236)

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 015892

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)

Text

envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) gu2 5(u) 6(disz) ma-na# siki
2. siki-ba lu2 ga-sur2{ki}-ke4-ne
3. ugula sukkal-mah
reverse
1. giri3 szesz-{d}utu-mu
2. ki ARAD2#-mu ensi2 gir2-su{ki}-ta
3. ba-zi
4. kiszib3 ba-ba-ti
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ba-ba-[ti]
2. dub-[sar]
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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: QNAR 1, BM 15892

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

(seal)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015892
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0112

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.06.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2021-10-22 at 07:53:18	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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (039177)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15892)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-112)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 000541 (composite) (P430637)	Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

20150501 firth: Altavilla's reading excludes ARAD2-zu, although it is included in CatBM 2, p. 339

Cite this Artifact

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“BM 015892 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236.

BM 015892 artifact entry (No. P205236). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236 (Original work published 2002)

BM 015892 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236 (Accessed: September 11, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-09-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 015892 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2024/9/11/
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ER  -

“BM 015892 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236.

BM 015892 artifact entry (No. P205236). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236 (Original work published 2002)

BM 015892 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236 (Accessed: September 11, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-09-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 015892 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205236
LB  - CDLI:P205236
M1  - 2024/9/11/
TI  - BM 015892 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205236
ER  -

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