BM 025752 (P204353)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025752

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan dub-da Basket label: pisan-dub-da gúrum-ak dab-ba má-lah4 lú mar-sa gasham dam-gàr érin àga-ush má-u4-zal-la é-dSHul-gi ì-gál.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
en: inspections of those who passed by,
3. ma2-lah4
en: of sailors,
4. lu2 mar-sa
en: xxx
5. gaszam dam-gar3
en:
6. dam-gar3 erin2
en: xxx
reverse
1. aga3#-usz ma2 u4 zal-la
en: xxx
2. e2 {d}szul-gi
en: xxx
3. i3-gal2
en: are here;
blank space
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen# lugal#-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
en: year: “xxx.”

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (pisan dub-da Basket label: pisan-dub-da gúrum-ak dab-ba má-lah4 lú mar-sa gasham dam-gàr érin àga-ush má-u4-zal-la é-dSHul-gi ì-gál.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.02.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204353
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P204353

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
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 025752
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054024
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25752
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-806

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
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-10-09 at 10:35:43	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2021-10-07 at 09:53:25	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:51	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:11	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025752 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204353.

BM 025752 artifact entry (No. P204353). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204353 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025752 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204353 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025752 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204353},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204353},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204353
LB  - CDLI:P204353
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - BM 025752 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204353
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025752 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204353.

BM 025752 artifact entry (No. P204353). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204353 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025752 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204353 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025752 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204353},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204353},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204353
LB  - CDLI:P204353
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - BM 025752 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204353
ER  -