UNT 086 (P141906)

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 014885

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. 3(u) 4(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba geme2 usz-bar
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki lu2-iri-sag-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
1. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-du10-ga
4. ka-guru7-ka

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, 86

    [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.

  • history: MVN 12, 4

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014885
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:22:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:30:58 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005154 (composite) (P457864) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“UNT 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P141906.
UNT 086 artifact entry (No. P141906). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141906 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141906 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UNT 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141906},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“UNT 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P141906.
UNT 086 artifact entry (No. P141906). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141906 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141906 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UNT 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141906},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P141906
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