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 018783Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Palm-leaves transferred from Ur-Baba to Lu-Baba; tablet in case; seal: ∂Íul-gi nita kalag-ga lugal ¨ri˚-ma lugal an-ub-da límmu-ba Lú-∂Ba-ba6 rá-gaba ir11-zu (CBT 2))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (Palm-leaves transferred from Ur-Baba to Lu-Baba; tablet in case; seal: ∂Íul-gi nita kalag-ga lugal ¨ri˚-ma lugal an-ub-da límmu-ba Lú-∂Ba-ba6 rá-gaba ir11-zu (CBT 2)) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.05.06.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 006139 (composite) (P458849) | S006139 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) | Šulgi.42.05.00, Amar-Suen.01.00.00 |
| CDLI number | P318350 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P318350 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 018783 |
| Accession Number | 1895-03-29, 0441 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 040313 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.18783 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1895-0329-441 |
primary: QNAR 1, BM 18783
(seal)
history: CBT 2, BM 018783 (catalogue)
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | 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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| 2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM 018783 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P318350},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318350},
}
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