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BM 019958 (P204601)

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 019958

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

envelope
obverse
blank space
1. 4(u) 4(disz)#? {uruda}ha-zi dub2-ba
2. la2-ia3 su-ga lugal-ti-ra-asz2-sze3
3. kiszib3 lugal-im-ru-a
reverse
1. giri3 sa6-sa6-ga
blank space
2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
seal 1
1. lugal-im-ru-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
4. nu-banda3

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 (metal)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019958
Accession No.: 1895-10-16, 0241a

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.04.00.00
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-10-22 at 13:17:36	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 (041398) (041398)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1016-241-a) (W_1895-1016-241-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003512 (composite) (P456222)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019958 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P204601.

BM 019958 artifact entry (No. P204601). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204601 (Original work published 2002)

BM 019958 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204601 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {BM 019958 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204601},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204601},
}

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DA  - 2026/3/8/
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TI  - BM 019958 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019958 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P204601.

BM 019958 artifact entry (No. P204601). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204601 (Original work published 2002)

BM 019958 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204601 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

@misc{2026BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {BM 019958 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204601},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204601},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P204601
LB  - CDLI:P204601
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BM 019958 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204601
ER  -