BM 019956 (P202259)

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 019956

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sa2-du11 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka-sze3
3. gur sze gesz e3-a-ta
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 ASZ?-ur4? szabra-ta
reverse
1. ki-tusz-lu2
2. szu ba-ti
3. sze a-sza3 ambar lagasz{ki}
  blank space
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
envelope
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. gur sze gesz e3-a-ta
  blank space
3. sa2-du11 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka-sze3
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 szabra-ta
5. kiszib3 ki-tusz-lu2 kikken2
6. sze a-sza3 a-lal3
reverse
  blank space
1. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
1. ki-tusz-lu2
2. dumu gesz-sa6
3. gudu4 {d}nin-[mar{ki}]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: BagM 28 (pp. 97-183), 124 n. 151 (seal)

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 019956
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-24 at 14:26:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-23 at 13:24:36 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-23 at 11:10:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-10-22 at 13:17:36 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 014448 (composite) (P526075) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 019956 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P202259.
BM 019956 artifact entry (No. P202259). (2024, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202259 (Original work published 2002)
BM 019956 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202259 (Accessed: July 14, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202259},
}

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