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RA 058, 104, 083 (P127905)

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 014085

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(ban2) i3-gesz lugal
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze
4. szesz ur-ab-ba
reverse
1. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze#
rest broken

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
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 104 83

[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 014085
Accession No.:

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.37.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:58:18	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:31:27	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 (014571) (014571)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0402-187) (W_1896-0402-187)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“RA 058, 104, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127905.

RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry (No. P127905). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127905 (Original work published 2001)

RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127905 (Accessed: December 14, 2025).

@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127905},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127905},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“RA 058, 104, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127905.

RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry (No. P127905). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127905 (Original work published 2001)

RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127905 (Accessed: December 14, 2025).

@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127905},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127905},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P127905
LB  - CDLI:P127905
M1  - 2025/12/14/
TI  - RA 058, 104, 083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127905
ER  -