CDLB 2017/001 5 (P320284)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023092

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-loan; åe ur5-ra engar nu-bànda; case unopened; seal: Nam-ha-ni (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
en: 13 gur 4 barig of barley, (measured in) royal (gur).
2. sze ur5-ra engar nu-banda3-<gu4>
en: Barley loan for the plowmen of the oxen overseer
blank space
seal impression
3. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag-ta
en: from the warehouse of Ninhursag,
4. ki ba-zi-ta
en: from Bazi,
5. mu ma-an-szum2-<sze3>
en: instead of Manšum
reverse
1. kiszib3 nam-ha-ni
en: under seal of Namḫani,
2. szesz-a-na
en: his brother;
3. e2 nam-ha-ni
en: household of Namḫani;
blank space
seal impression
4. iti amar-a-a-si
en: month: “Amar-ayasi,”
5. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
en: year: “Kimaš was destroyed.”
seal 1
1. nam-[ha-ni]
en: Namḫani,
2. dub-[sar]
en: scribe,
3. [...]
en: ...

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 (Receipt of barley-loan; åe ur5-ra engar nu-bànda; case unopened; seal: Nam-ha-ni (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CDLB 2017/1, 5

[Alivernini2017CDLB] Alivernini, Sergio. 2017. “Nine Unpublished Texts in the Collection of the British Museum.” Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin 2017.
history: CBT 2, BM 023092 (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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 023092
Accession No.: 1897-05-12, 0128

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.46.10.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-09 at 08:19:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-06-20 at 21:08:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Alivernini, Sergio		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (043115) (043115)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.23092) (BM.23092)
The British Museum Collection (W_1897-0512-128-a) (W_1897-0512-128-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003877 (composite) (P456587)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.39.00.00 ?, Šū-Suen.02.00.00

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLB 2017/001 5 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P320284.

CDLB 2017/001 5 artifact entry (No. P320284). (2024, June 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320284 (Original work published 2006)

CDLB 2017/001 5 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320284 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320284},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLB 2017/001 5 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P320284.

CDLB 2017/001 5 artifact entry (No. P320284). (2024, June 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320284 (Original work published 2006)

CDLB 2017/001 5 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320284 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 9},
	title = {CDLB 2017/001 5 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P320284},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320284},
}

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TI  - CDLB 2017/001 5 artifact entry
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