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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 013676Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
49.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 30.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.07.01.-- (us2 year) |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 006509 (composite) (P469704) | S006509 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P204982 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P204982 |
unopened envelope
| Artifact type |
Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
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| Dimensions | 49.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 30.0 mm |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Written In | |
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| Findspot | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 013676 |
| Accession Number | 1896-03-31, 0031 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 051667 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1896-0331-31 |
primary: MVN 22, 34
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2017-05-31 at 01:00:20 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2014-09-11 at 09:36:57 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:35:05 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:32:42 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023MVN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
year = {2023},
month = {sep 11},
title = {MVN 22, 034 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P204982},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204982},
}
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