RA 058, 101, 051 (P127874)

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 017826

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. 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 {gesz}pesz3
2. gur lugal
3. 8(asz) {gesz}pesz3 6(disz) kusz3
4. 5(disz) sila3 gu2 had2
reverse
1. ki ur-ki-gu-la szandana-ta
2. kiszib3 ur-ab-ba
3. ugu2 a-hu-a gar
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ab-ba
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi
4. dub-sar siki-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 Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 101 51

    [Lambert1964Urabba] Lambert, Maurice, and Hugo H. Figulla. 1964. “Les Archives de Urabba Fils de Bazig (II).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 58: 97–110.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017826
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:58:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI 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
“RA 058, 101, 051 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127874.
RA 058, 101, 051 artifact entry (No. P127874). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127874 (Original work published 2001)
RA 058, 101, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127874 (Accessed: July 23, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 058, 101, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127874},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127874},
}

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