BM 027461 (P203616)

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 027461

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from I3-kal-la to Ur-Baba; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Ba-zi)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal
2. sze nig2-gal2-la
3. ki i3-kal-la-ta
4. kiszib3? ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
reverse
1. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley from I3-kal-la to Ur-Baba; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Ba-zi)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: CBT 3, ,

    [CBT32006] Sigrist, Marcel, Ran Zadok, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2006. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 3. British Museum Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 027461
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2022-08-10 at 10:14:33 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2021-10-31 at 13:36:15 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004761 (composite) (P457471) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 027461 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203616.
BM 027461 artifact entry (No. P203616). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203616 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027461 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203616 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027461 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203616},
}


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