BM 085398 (P381293)

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 085398

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.44.00.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004658 (composite) (P457368)	S004658	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P381293
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P381293

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet & 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 085398
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	078636
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.85398
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1899-0415-205-a

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	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 085398 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381293.

BM 085398 artifact entry (No. P381293). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381293 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085398 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381293 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381293},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085398 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381293.

BM 085398 artifact entry (No. P381293). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381293 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085398 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381293 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 085398 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381293},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P381293
LB  - CDLI:P381293
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - BM 085398 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P381293
ER  -