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RA 058, 102, 059 (P127881)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016454

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) zu2-lum gur lugal
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. sza3-gal szah2-gesz-gi-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 sza3-ku3-ge dumu
2. ur-{d}nansze
3. iti GAN2-masz
4. mu us2-sa gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
seal 1
1. sza3-ku3-ge
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}nansze

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
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Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 102 59

[Lambert1964Urabba] Lambert, Maurice, and Hugo H. Figulla. 1964. “Les Archives de Urabba Fils de Bazig (II).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 58: 97–110.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 016454
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.01.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:58:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:31:26	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:25:36	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (014547) (014547)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.16454) (BM.16454)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0613-82) (W_1896-0613-82)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004061 (composite) (P456771)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“RA 058, 102, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127881.

RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry (No. P127881). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127881 (Original work published 2001)

RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127881 (Accessed: December 18, 2025).

@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127881},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127881},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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LB  - CDLI:P127881
M1  - 2025/12/18/
TI  - RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127881
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RA 058, 102, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127881.

RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry (No. P127881). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127881 (Original work published 2001)

RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127881 (Accessed: December 18, 2025).

@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127881},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127881},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P127881
LB  - CDLI:P127881
M1  - 2025/12/18/
TI  - RA 058, 102, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127881
ER  -