BM 020951 (P203589)

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, UK

Museum Number

BM 020951

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

envelope
obverse
1. 7(disz) [...]
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9 ak
3. tul2-ta su-su-dam
reverse
1. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P203589

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 020951
Accession Number 1895-10-17, 0991a

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2022-01-15 at 11:56:53 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020951 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203589.
BM 020951 artifact entry (No. P203589). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203589 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020951 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203589 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020951 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203589},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203589
LB  - CDLI:P203589
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 020951 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203589
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020951 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203589.
BM 020951 artifact entry (No. P203589). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203589 (Original work published 2002)
BM 020951 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203589 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020951 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203589},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203589
LB  - CDLI:P203589
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 020951 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203589
ER  - 
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