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BM 020872 (P202277)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020872

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. 2(u) 8(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta
2. 4(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz) 4(ban2)-ta
3. sze-bi 6(asz) 4(ban2)
4. erin2 e2 {d}nin-dar-a-me
5. nu-banda3 lu2-{d}nin-dar-a
6. ugula lugal-iri-da
reverse
1. sze szuku-ra ensi2
2. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag-lu2-ku3-nun-ta
3. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-e2-sukud-ra2
5. iti amar-a-a-si
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-e2-sukud-ra2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-[...]
4. sa12-du5 {d}[...]

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)

Collections

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020872
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0912a

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.10.0 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2021-10-31 at 13:29:19	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 (041716) (041716)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20872) (BM.20872)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-912-a) (W_1895-1017-912-a)

Seals

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

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

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 020872 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202277.

BM 020872 artifact entry (No. P202277). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202277 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020872 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202277 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020872 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202277},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202277
LB  - CDLI:P202277
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - BM 020872 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202277
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 020872 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202277.

BM 020872 artifact entry (No. P202277). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202277 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020872 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202277 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020872 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202277},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202277
LB  - CDLI:P202277
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - BM 020872 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202277
ER  -