BM 020861 (P202273)

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 020861

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. 4(u) 5(disz) gurusz 1(ban2) sze lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
3. e2 nam-ha-ni-me
  blank space
4. kiszib3 {d}nanna-kam
5. nu-banda3 ur-{d}ig-alim
reverse
1. i3-dub bara2-si-ga-me
  blank space
2. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. {d}nanna-kam!
2. dumu lugal-du10-ga ugula

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • history: CBT 2, ,

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020861
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0901a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-10-23 at 09:33:27 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 002698 (composite) (P455408) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 020861 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P202273.
BM 020861 artifact entry (No. P202273). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202273
BM 020861 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202273 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2002BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {BM 020861 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202273},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202273},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P202273
LB  - CDLI:P202273
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - BM 020861 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202273
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 020861 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P202273.
BM 020861 artifact entry (No. P202273). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202273
BM 020861 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202273 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
@misc{2002BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {BM 020861 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202273},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202273},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P202273
LB  - CDLI:P202273
M1  - 2025/7/29/
TI  - BM 020861 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202273
ER  - 
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