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BM 027489 (P205491)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027489

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from dUtu-a received by Ur-dNanshe; seal: Ur-dNanshe ds d. Na-ba-sha6)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 3(u) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub a-lal3 tur-ta
3. ki ab-ba-kal-la-ta
4. mu {d}utu-a-sze3
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu na-ba-sa6
reverse
1. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-ba-sa6

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 (Barley from dUtu-a received by Ur-dNanshe; seal: Ur-dNanshe ds d. Na-ba-sha6)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 027489
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00
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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 13:36:14	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

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (055213) (055213)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.27489) (BM.27489)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0709-277-a) (W_1898-0709-277-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005160 (composite) (P457870)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 027489 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205491.

BM 027489 artifact entry (No. P205491). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205491 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027489 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205491 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027489 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205491},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BM 027489 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 027489 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205491.

BM 027489 artifact entry (No. P205491). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205491 (Original work published 2002)

BM 027489 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205491 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 027489 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205491},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205491
LB  - CDLI:P205491
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BM 027489 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205491
ER  -