BM 029814 (P205388)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029814

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditure of garments; túg sa-gi4-a Sa-bu-umki [] zi-ga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Expenditure of garments; túg sa-gi4-a Sa-bu-umki [] zi-ga)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.03.00.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P205388
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P205388

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 029814
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056642
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29814
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1888-1013-26

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029814 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205388.

BM 029814 artifact entry (No. P205388). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205388 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029814 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205388 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029814 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205388},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205388},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205388
LB  - CDLI:P205388
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BM 029814 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205388
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029814 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205388.

BM 029814 artifact entry (No. P205388). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205388 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029814 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205388 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029814 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205388},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205388},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205388
LB  - CDLI:P205388
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BM 029814 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205388
ER  -