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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 016418Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (metal)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (metal) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.07.11.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 005273 (composite) (P457983) | S005273 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) | |
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P200596 |
|---|---|
| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P200596 |
unopened envelope
| Artifact type |
Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 016418 |
| Accession Number | 1896-06-13, 0046 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 034022 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.16418 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1896-0613-46 |
primary: DAA 1 (pp. 119-130), p. 129 BM 016418
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:46:30 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-05-21 at 14:03:38 | Willighagen, Lars | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Willighagen, Lars | Willighagen, Lars | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2013-09-25 at 17:09:32 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-07-08 at 16:31:44 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:32:02 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:32:22 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024DAA,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-30]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 25},
title = {DAA 1 129 {BM} 016418 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P200596},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200596},
}
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