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BM 109831 (P375797)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 109831

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 109831
Accession No.: 1914-04-06, 0734

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (069019) (069019)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109831) (BM.109831)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-734) (W_1914-0406-734)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 109831 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375797.

BM 109831 artifact entry (No. P375797). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375797 (Original work published 2007)

BM 109831 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375797 (Accessed: December 28, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 109831 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375797},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P375797
M1  - 2025/12/28/
TI  - BM 109831 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 109831 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375797.

BM 109831 artifact entry (No. P375797). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375797 (Original work published 2007)

BM 109831 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375797 (Accessed: December 28, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 109831 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375797},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P375797
LB  - CDLI:P375797
M1  - 2025/12/28/
TI  - BM 109831 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P375797
ER  -