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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 029669Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Silver from SHa6-sha6 to the ensi of Lagash, kù-uru-ta nu-è; seal dedicated to SHulgi, Ur-dLama shà-tam ir11-zu)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (Silver from SHa6-sha6 to the ensi of Lagash, kù-uru-ta nu-è; seal dedicated to SHulgi, Ur-dLama shà-tam ir11-zu) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Šulgi.46.00.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 006158 (composite) (P458868) | S006158 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P203339 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P203339 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Written In | |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 029669 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 056541 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.29669 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1898-1115-55-a |
primary: QNAR 1, BM 29669
(seal)
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-01-27 at 13:50:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-31 at 13:36:14 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2026BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
year = {2026},
month = {jan 27},
title = {BM 029669 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P203339},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203339},
}
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