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BM 020869 (P204054)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020869

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

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 2(barig) sze lugal
2. ur-tesz2 dumu iri-e-ag2
3. 2(barig) ur-{d}hendur-sag sagi
4. 2(barig) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a szesz-a-ni
5. ki {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka dub-sar
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-tesz2 aga3-us2
2. ga2-nun he-gal2-ta
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ur-tesz2
2. dumu iri-i3-ag2
3. ($ blank line $)

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 Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020869
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0909a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2023-07-23 at 14:36:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2021-10-31 at 13:29:19	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (041714) (041714)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20869) (BM.20869)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-909-a) (W_1895-1017-909-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 014405 (composite) (P526032)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020869 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204054.

BM 020869 artifact entry (No. P204054). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204054 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020869 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204054 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020869 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204054},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - BM 020869 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 020869 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204054.

BM 020869 artifact entry (No. P204054). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204054 (Original work published 2002)

BM 020869 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204054 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 020869 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204054},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204054
LB  - CDLI:P204054
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - BM 020869 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204054
ER  -