BM 017240 (P317653)
Administrative envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 017240Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
EnvelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Beer and flour; seal: Lú-[] dubsar dumu Ur-∂[] (CBT 2))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
- Artifact type: Envelope
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Beer and flour; seal: Lú-[] dubsar dumu Ur-∂[] (CBT 2))
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: CBT 2, BM 017240 (catalogue)
[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 017240
- Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0356a
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (039528) (039528)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17240) (BM.17240)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1892-0709-356) (W_1892-0709-356)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifact
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year = {2025},
month = {mar 2},
title = {BM 017240 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P317653},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317653},
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