BM 027042 (P207139)

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 027042

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Illegible because of case; seal: SHà-ba-na-sig shabra É-zi-mu ir11-zu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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    tablet in case

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Illegible because of case; seal: SHà-ba-na-sig shabra É-zi-mu ir11-zu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: QNAR 1, BM 27042

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 027042
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-04 at 14:32:45 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004051 (composite) (P456761) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 027042 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P207139.
BM 027042 artifact entry (No. P207139). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207139 (Original work published 2002)
BM 027042 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207139 (Accessed: June 10, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207139},
}


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