BM 093577A (P374463)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093577A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.01.10.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P374463
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P374463

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 093577A
Accession Number	1901-04-15, nn

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	167496
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.93577
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1901-0415-54

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-08 at 17:47:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 093577A Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P374463.

BM 093577A artifact entry (No. P374463). (2025, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374463 (Original work published 2007)

BM 093577A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374463 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374463},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 093577A Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P374463.

BM 093577A artifact entry (No. P374463). (2025, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P374463 (Original work published 2007)

BM 093577A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P374463 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 8},
	title = {BM 093577A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P374463},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P374463},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/8/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P374463
LB  - CDLI:P374463
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - BM 093577A artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P374463
ER  -