BM 023046 (P320243)

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 023046

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of barley from Ur-Igalim to Lu-kirzal; åe amar-e kú-åè; case unopened; kiåib: Lú-kir4-zal; seal: Ur-∂Ba-ba6 dubsar dumu Ur-∂Kal-kal (reading not sure) (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of barley from Ur-Igalim to Lu-kirzal; åe amar-e kú-åè; case unopened; kiåib: Lú-kir4-zal; seal: Ur-∂Ba-ba6 dubsar dumu Ur-∂Kal-kal (reading not sure) (CBT 2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: CBT 2, BM 023046 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 023046
  • Accession No.: 1897-05-12, 0082a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.08.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 023046 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320243.
BM 023046 artifact entry (No. P320243). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320243 (Original work published 2006)
BM 023046 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320243 (Accessed: January 30, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P320243},
}


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