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BM 016009 (P204411)

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 016009

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. 2(u) 2(disz) ad7 udu
2. 6(disz) ad7 sila4
blank space
3. ki gu3-de2-a-ta
4. kiszib3 a-hu-um-dingir
reverse
1. mu geme2-usz-bar-sze3
blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}amar]-{d}suen
2. [x] kal-ga
3. [lugal uri5]{ki}-ma
4. [lugal an-ub]-da limmu2-ba
column 2
illegible

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 016009
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0229

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.02.08.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2021-10-22 at 07:53:18	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 (039260) (039260)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.16009) (BM.16009)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-229) (W_1896-0612-229)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 016009 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204411.

BM 016009 artifact entry (No. P204411). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204411 (Original work published 2002)

BM 016009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204411 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204411},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204411},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
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ID  - P204411
LB  - CDLI:P204411
M1  - 2025/12/19/
TI  - BM 016009 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 016009 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204411.

BM 016009 artifact entry (No. P204411). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204411 (Original work published 2002)

BM 016009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204411 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204411},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204411},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204411
LB  - CDLI:P204411
M1  - 2025/12/19/
TI  - BM 016009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204411
ER  -