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BM 029679 & BM 029679A (P204697)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029679 & BM 029679A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Case of 29679; seal: Ur-dNin-mar-ki ds d. Lugal-sha6-ga ds)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz gur lugal
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. i3 tug2-ge <ak>-de3
reverse
1. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
2. dumu lugal-sa6-ga
3. szu ba-ti
4. iti GAN2-masz-ta
5. iti mu-szu-du7-sze3
6. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
envelope
unpublished
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-sa6-ga
4. dub-sar

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Case of 29679; seal: Ur-dNin-mar-ki ds d. Lugal-sha6-ga ds)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029679 & BM 029679A
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.09.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-04 at 15:04:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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 13:36:15	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 (056546) (056546)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29679) (BM.29679)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-1115-65-a) (W_1898-1115-65-a)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029679 & BM 029679A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P204697.

BM 029679 & BM 029679A artifact entry (No. P204697). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204697 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029679 & BM 029679A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204697 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {BM 029679 & {BM} 029679A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204697},
}

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DA  - 2025/3/4/
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LB  - CDLI:P204697
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BM 029679 & BM 029679A artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029679 & BM 029679A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P204697.

BM 029679 & BM 029679A artifact entry (No. P204697). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204697 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029679 & BM 029679A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204697 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {BM 029679 & {BM} 029679A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204697},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P204697
LB  - CDLI:P204697
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BM 029679 & BM 029679A artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204697
ER  -