Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1899.02.058Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Has seal impression(s)
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Šulgi.48.09.00 (us2-us2 year) |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 000451 (composite) (P430547) | S000451 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation | Fragmented |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Written In | |
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| Collection(s) |
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Museum Number | SM 1899.02.058 |
| Accession Number | 01436 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 187766 |
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2022-08-10 at 12:19:44 | Lafont, Bertrand | Transliteration | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2016-01-11 at 10:22:01 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2010-06-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI, CDLI | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2010SM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 2},
title = {SM 1899.02.058 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P405591},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405591},
}
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