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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 013014Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Receipt for 54 gún of bitumen for 3 boats (má-lugal, má-uz-ga, má-a-è-a) delivered by Lú-Ki-nu-nir§ to Ur-∂IG/GÁL-alim. (CBT 1))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (Receipt for 54 gún of bitumen for 3 boats (má-lugal, má-uz-ga, má-a-è-a) delivered by Lú-Ki-nu-nir§ to Ur-∂IG/GÁL-alim. (CBT 1)) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.03.00.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 006371 (composite) (P463995) | S006371 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P315676 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P315676 |
unopened envelope
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Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 013014 |
| Accession Number | 1896-03-28, 0105 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 063135 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1896-0328-105 |
primary: PPAC 5, 68
history: CBT 1, BM 13014
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-03-08 at 08:53:02 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2026PPAC,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
year = {2026},
month = {mar 8},
title = {PPAC 5, 0068 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P315676},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315676},
}
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