BM 021859 (P203437)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021859

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 content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.46.09.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P203437
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P203437

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 021859
Accession Number	1896-03-30, 0525a

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	042411
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.21859
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0330-525-a

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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021859 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203437.

BM 021859 artifact entry (No. P203437). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203437 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021859 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203437 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 021859 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203437},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203437},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203437
LB  - CDLI:P203437
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - BM 021859 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203437
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021859 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203437.

BM 021859 artifact entry (No. P203437). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203437 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021859 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203437 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 021859 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203437},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203437},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203437
LB  - CDLI:P203437
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - BM 021859 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203437
ER  -