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BM 029671 (P203340)

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 029671

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Adjustement (lá-ni su-ga) of the barley account of Kuli, received by Nanshe-kam; seal: Lú-dNin-gír-su ds d. Ba-zi)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(asz) 1(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. la2-ia3 su-ga ku-li
3. zi3-KA-sze3 ba-an-si
4. {d}nansze-kam szu ba-ti
5. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ba-zi
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
2. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi

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 (Adjustement (lá-ni su-ga) of the barley account of Kuli, received by Nanshe-kam; seal: Lú-dNin-gír-su ds d. Ba-zi)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 029671
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.03.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2022-01-21 at 10:04:05	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2021-10-31 at 13:36:14	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (056542) (056542)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29671) (BM.29671)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-1115-57-a) (W_1898-1115-57-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003155 (composite) (P455865)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029671 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203340.

BM 029671 artifact entry (No. P203340). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203340 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029671 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203340 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029671 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203340
LB  - CDLI:P203340
M1  - 2026/1/16/
TI  - BM 029671 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203340
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 029671 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203340.

BM 029671 artifact entry (No. P203340). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203340 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029671 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203340 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029671 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203340
LB  - CDLI:P203340
M1  - 2026/1/16/
TI  - BM 029671 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203340
ER  -