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BM 082759 (P208513)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Metadata / catalogue

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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 082759

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
2. 2/3(disz) ma-na siki
3. siki la2-ia3
4. ki ur-{d}szu-mah-ta
5. nam-ha-ni
reverse
1. [szu ba-ti]
broken
1'. mu e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka ba-du3
seal 1
illegible

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
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
illegible
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 082759
Accession No.: 1894-07-17, 0076

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 (056811) (056811)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.82759) (BM.82759)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-0717-76) (W_1894-0717-76)

Seals

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

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

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 082759 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208513.

BM 082759 artifact entry (No. P208513). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208513 (Original work published 2002)

BM 082759 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208513 (Accessed: February 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 082759 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208513},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 082759 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208513.

BM 082759 artifact entry (No. P208513). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208513 (Original work published 2002)

BM 082759 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208513 (Accessed: February 1, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 082759 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208513},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208513
LB  - CDLI:P208513
M1  - 2026/2/1/
TI  - BM 082759 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208513
ER  -