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BM 019344 (P202877)

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 019344

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)

Text

envelope
obverse
1. 9(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur lugal sa2-du11 u4-da il2
blank space
2. nig2 iti-da nig2 ezem-ma
3. 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ba geme2 kikken2
reverse
1. kiszib3 giri3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
blank space
2. iti sze-il2-la
3. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. inim-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
2. szabra
3. giri3#-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
4. ARAD2-zu

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
Measurements (mm):
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Artifact Preservation:
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Join Information:
Seal no.:
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019344
Accession No.: 1895-10-12, 0322a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.02.00
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2023-07-21 at 10:28:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2021-10-22 at 11:56:47	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 (040825) (040825)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19344) (BM.19344)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1012-322-a) (W_1895-1012-322-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 014199 (composite) (P519569)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019344 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202877.

BM 019344 artifact entry (No. P202877). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202877 (Original work published 2002)

BM 019344 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202877 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 019344 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202877},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202877},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - BM 019344 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019344 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202877.

BM 019344 artifact entry (No. P202877). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202877 (Original work published 2002)

BM 019344 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202877 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 019344 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202877},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202877},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202877
LB  - CDLI:P202877
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - BM 019344 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202877
ER  -