BM 109690 (P375681)

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 109690

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	Šulgi.46.11.00
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	P375681
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P375681

Physical information

unopened envelope

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 109690
Accession Number	1914-04-06, 0593

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	068891
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.109690
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1914-0406-593

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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 Artifacts

“BM 109690 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375681.

BM 109690 artifact entry (No. P375681). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375681 (Original work published 2007)

BM 109690 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375681 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 109690 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375681},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375681},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P375681
LB  - CDLI:P375681
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 109690 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P375681
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 109690 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375681.

BM 109690 artifact entry (No. P375681). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375681 (Original work published 2007)

BM 109690 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375681 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 109690 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375681},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375681},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P375681
LB  - CDLI:P375681
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 109690 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P375681
ER  -