UNT 061 (P141886)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014676

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)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ad6? udu ba-usz2
2. 4(u) 4(disz) ad6? sila4 ba-usz2
  blank space
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3. [ki du11]-ga-zi-da-ta
4. [kiszib3 en]-igi#-ni-ib2-zu
reverse
1. mu geme2 usz-bar-sze3
2. giri3 ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
  blank space
  seal impression
3. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
5. en-igi-ni-ib2-zu
6. ARAD2-zu

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: Waetzoldt, UNT, 61

    [Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 014676
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.03.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2018-08-23 at 08:57:02 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-19 at 10:34:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:22:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:30:57 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006136 (composite) (P458846) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.37.00.00, Amar-Suen.01.03.00

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Cite this Artifact
“UNT 061 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P141886.
UNT 061 artifact entry (No. P141886). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141886 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 061 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141886 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
@misc{2023UNT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {UNT 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141886},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141886},
}


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