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BM 021325 (P204178)

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 021325

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. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. sze zi3-KA
3. e2-kikken2 gibil-ta
4. ki ka-tar-{d}ba-ba6-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
3. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}[...]
4. ugula [...]

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):
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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 021325
Accession No.: 1895-11-12, 0084a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.03.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2021-10-31 at 13:31:40	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (041920) (041920)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21325) (BM.21325)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1112-84-a) (W_1895-1112-84-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005167 (composite) (P457877)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 021325 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204178.

BM 021325 artifact entry (No. P204178). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204178 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021325 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204178 (Accessed: December 28, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 021325 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204178},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204178},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204178
LB  - CDLI:P204178
M1  - 2025/12/28/
TI  - BM 021325 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204178
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021325 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204178.

BM 021325 artifact entry (No. P204178). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204178 (Original work published 2002)

BM 021325 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204178 (Accessed: December 28, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 021325 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204178},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204178},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204178
LB  - CDLI:P204178
M1  - 2025/12/28/
TI  - BM 021325 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204178
ER  -