BM 020999 (P202321)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 020999Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(u) sze kur gur lugal
2. sze-numun-sze3
3. i3-dub nin-a2-zi-da-ta
reverse
1. ki ba-zi-ta
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu ur-sa6-ga
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ig-alim
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga
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)
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Artifact type:
Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
- Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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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.
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- Museum No.: BM 020999
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 1039a
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-31 at 13:31:40 | Jagersma, Bram | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041774) (041774)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20999) (BM.20999)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-1039-a) (W_1895-1017-1039-a)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 004933 (composite) (P457643) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-13]},
year = {2023},
month = {oct 28},
title = {BM 020999 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P202321},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202321},
}
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