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BM 020900 (P203233)

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 020900

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

tablet
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. zi3-KA-sze3
3. 2(gesz2) gur sze-ba geme2-usz-bar
4. i3-dub e2-duru5 en
5. 2(asz) 2(barig) gur i3-dub gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-du kun pa5-la2
reverse
1. ki ba-zi-ta
2. lu2-bi-mu
3. szu ba-ti
4. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu sila4-mu
blank space
5. iti mu-szu-du7
6. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) sze gur lugal zi3-KA-[sze3]
2. 2(gesz2) gur sze-ba# geme2-usz-bar
3. i3-dub e2-duru5 en-na-ta
4. 2(asz) 2(barig) gur i3-dub gu2 i7 nigin6{ki#}-[du] kun pa5-la2-ta
blank space
5. ki ba-zi-ta
6. mu lu2-bi-mu-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu sila4-mu
2. iti mu-szu-du7
blank space
3. [mu ...]
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dub-sar
3. dumu sila4-mu

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020900
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.09.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2021-10-23 at 09:33:27	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 (041727) (041727)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20900) (BM.20900)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-940) (W_1895-1017-940)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003201 (composite) (P455911)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020900 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203233.

BM 020900 artifact entry (No. P203233). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203233 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020900 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203233 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020900 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203233},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203233},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203233
LB  - CDLI:P203233
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - BM 020900 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203233
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020900 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203233.

BM 020900 artifact entry (No. P203233). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203233 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020900 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203233 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 020900 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203233},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203233},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203233
LB  - CDLI:P203233
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - BM 020900 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203233
ER  -