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BM 020996 (P202319)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020996

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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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. sa2-du11 {d}nin-gir2-su
3. i3-dub {d}nin-gir2-su-hur-sag
4. lu2-ku3-nun-ta
reverse
1. ki ba-zi-ta
2. kiszib3 ur-an-ta-sur-ra
3. lu2-bahar {d}nin-gir2-su
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-an-ta-sur-ra
2. dumu ur-ti-ra-asz2
3. sagi
4. {d}nin-gir2-su

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
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Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020996
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 1036a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	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 (041772) (041772)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20996) (BM.20996)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-1036-a) (W_1895-1017-1036-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004331 (composite) (P457041)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020996 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202319.

BM 020996 artifact entry (No. P202319). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202319 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020996 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202319 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020996 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202319},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202319
LB  - CDLI:P202319
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BM 020996 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202319
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020996 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202319.

BM 020996 artifact entry (No. P202319). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202319 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020996 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202319 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020996 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202319},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202319
LB  - CDLI:P202319
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BM 020996 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202319
ER  -