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BM 019312 (P202244)

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 019312

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BagM 28 (pp. 97-183), 099 n. 5

[Fischer1997BagM28] Fischer, Claudia. 1997. “Siegelabrollungen Im British Museum Auf Ur-III-Zeitlichen Texten Aus Der Provinz Lagaš; Untersuchung Zu Den Verehrungsszenen.” Baghdader Mitteilungen 28: 97–183.
history: BagM 27 (pp. 215-228), 223 n. 44

[Fischer1996BagM27] Fischer, Claudia. 1996. “Gudea Zwischen Tradition Und Moderne.” Baghdader Mitteilungen 27: 215–28.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019312
Accession No.: 1895-10-12, 0290

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: Amar-Suen.04.05.00
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Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-09 at 13:24:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-24 at 14:26:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-26 at 16:59:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-23 at 11:10:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (040793) (040793)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19312) (BM.19312)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1012-290-a) (W_1895-1012-290-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002382 (composite) (P455092)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019312 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202244.

BM 019312 artifact entry (No. P202244). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202244 (Original work published 2002)

BM 019312 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202244 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202244},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019312 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202244.

BM 019312 artifact entry (No. P202244). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202244 (Original work published 2002)

BM 019312 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202244 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202244},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202244},
}

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