BM 020959 (P202680)

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 020959

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)

envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 4(ban2) sze lugal-ta
2. 1(disz) gurusz 2(ban2) 3(disz) dumu 1(ban2)
3. 1(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 2(ban2)
4. sze-bi 2(asz) gur la2 1(ban2)
5. sze-ba ug3-IL2
reverse
1. iti sze-il2-la
2. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-du10-ga
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir

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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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020959
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0999a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40 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 002812 (composite) (P455522) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 020959 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202680.
BM 020959 artifact entry (No. P202680). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202680 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020959 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202680 (Accessed: May 26, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020959 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202680},
}


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