BM 025780 (P205001)

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 025780

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Lu-melam to Ur-du10-ùr-ra su-su-dam; seal Gù-dé-a énsi Lagashki Ur-d.Du10-ùr-ra d. Ur-dEN.ZU rá-gaba ir11-zu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) sze lugal
2. ki lu2-me-lam2-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-szar2-ur3-ra
4. su-su-dam
reverse
  blank space
1. mu en-nun-e-{d}amar-{d}suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu{ki}-ga ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. gu3-de2-<a>
2. ensi2
3. lagasz{ki}
column 2
1. ur-{d}szar2-ur3-ra
2. dumu ur-{d}suen
3. ra2-gaba ARAD2-[zu]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley from Lu-melam to Ur-du10-ùr-ra su-su-dam; seal Gù-dé-a énsi Lagashki Ur-d.Du10-ùr-ra d. Ur-dEN.ZU rá-gaba ir11-zu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: QNAR 1, BM 25780

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

    (seal)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025780
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-23 at 08:25:56 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003511 (composite) (P469706) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025780 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205001.
BM 025780 artifact entry (No. P205001). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205001 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025780 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205001 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205001},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205001},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205001
LB  - CDLI:P205001
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - BM 025780 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205001
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025780 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205001.
BM 025780 artifact entry (No. P205001). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205001 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025780 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205001 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205001},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205001},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205001
LB  - CDLI:P205001
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - BM 025780 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205001
ER  - 
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