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BM 019960 (P319306)

Administrative tablet 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 019960

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of barley from Íeå-kal-la to Urmes; seal: Ur-mes dubsar dumu Nam-ha-ni (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 3(barig) sze lugal
2. nig2-dab5 nig2-ka9 ak
3. ki szesz-kal-la-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-mes dumu nam-ha-ni
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4{isz}-{d}da-gan ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dub-sar
3. dumu nam-ha-ni

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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Transfer of barley from Íeå-kal-la to Urmes; seal: Ur-mes dubsar dumu Nam-ha-ni (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: CBT 2, BM 019960 (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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019960
Accession No.: 1895-10-16, 0243a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.11.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2021-10-31 at 13:29:17	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041399) (041399)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19960) (BM.19960)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1016-243-a) (W_1895-1016-243-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003270 (composite) (P455980)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 019960 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319306.

BM 019960 artifact entry (No. P319306). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319306 (Original work published 2006)

BM 019960 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319306 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 019960 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319306},
}

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M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - BM 019960 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 019960 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319306.

BM 019960 artifact entry (No. P319306). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319306 (Original work published 2006)

BM 019960 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319306 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 019960 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319306},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P319306
LB  - CDLI:P319306
M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - BM 019960 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319306
ER  -