BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 (P106788)

Letter tablet 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, UK

Museum Number

BM 018568

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. {d}ig-alim-i3-sa6-ra
4. 1(disz) tug2 he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
5. im sze-ba siki-ba
6. ga-bi2-gi
reverse
  blank space
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. ba-zi
2. dub-sar
3. dumu szesz-szesz

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002030 (composite) (P454740) S002030 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P106788

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 018568
Accession Number 1895-03-29, 0226

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015722
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.18568
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-0329-226

References

  • primary: BiOr 26 (pp. 171-176), 174 BM 18568

    [Hallo1969BiOr26] Hallo, William W. 1969. “The Neo-Sumerian Letter Orders.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 26: 171–76.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 081:134

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-09 at 15:34:42 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 14:36:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:22 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106788.
BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 artifact entry (No. P106788). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106788 (Original work published 2001)
BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106788 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	title = {BiOr 26, 174 {BM} 18568 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106788},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106788.
BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 artifact entry (No. P106788). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106788 (Original work published 2001)
BiOr 26, 174 BM 18568 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106788 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106788},
}


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