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 012489Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Receipt for deliveries of cloth which Ur-∂Ba-BA6 received from Ur-dam. / Case: Same text as on tablet, slightly altered. (CBT 1))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (Receipt for deliveries of cloth which Ur-∂Ba-BA6 received from Ur-dam. / Case: Same text as on tablet, slightly altered. (CBT 1)) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.--.07.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 004795 (composite) (P457505) | S004795 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P315553 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P315553 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Written In | |
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| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 012489 |
| Accession Number | 1895-12-14, 0101 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 063022 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.12489 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1895-1214-101-a |
primary: PPAC 5, 31
history: CBT 1, BM 12489+A
catalogue entry
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024PPAC,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 25},
title = {PPAC 5, 0031 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P315553},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315553},
}
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