BM 027479 (P203708)

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 027479

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Small cattle arua é-in-mah received by dUtu-ba-è; seal: dUtu-ba-è d. Ur-zu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. [...]
2. 1(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2 nu-ur4
3. 8(disz) ud5 8(disz) masz2 ga
4. 1(disz) masz2-nita2
reverse
1. a-ru-a e2-in-mah
2. mu-kux(DU) {d}nin-mar{ki}-dam-gar3
3. kiszib3 {d}utu-ba-e3 i3-dab5
4. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
5. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. {d}utu-ba-e3
2. dumu ur-zu

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Small cattle arua é-in-mah received by dUtu-ba-è; seal: dUtu-ba-è d. Ur-zu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 027479
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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
2021-10-31 at 13:36:14 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 027479 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203708.
BM 027479 artifact entry (No. P203708). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203708 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027479 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203708 (Accessed: May 26, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027479 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203708},
}


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