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BM 027431 (P203328)

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 027431

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Seed-barley from SHu-Esh4-tár to Lú-Baba; seal Lú-dBa-ba6 ds d. Ur-shu-ga-lam-ma)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze-numun-sze3
3. i3-dub na-gab2-tum-ta
4. ki szu-esz18-tar2-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
2. dumu ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
3. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-szu-ga-lam-ma

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 (Seed-barley from SHu-Esh4-tár to Lú-Baba; seal Lú-dBa-ba6 ds d. Ur-shu-ga-lam-ma)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 027431
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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 13:36:15	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 (055153) (055153)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27431) (BM.27431)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0709-219-a) (W_1898-0709-219-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027431 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203328.

BM 027431 artifact entry (No. P203328). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203328 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027431 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203328 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027431 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203328},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203328},
}

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TI  - BM 027431 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027431 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203328.

BM 027431 artifact entry (No. P203328). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203328 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027431 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203328 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027431 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203328},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203328},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203328
LB  - CDLI:P203328
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - BM 027431 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203328
ER  -