BM 025434 (P204482)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025434

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba udu-gi ù síg ba-lá-bi áb dab5-ba énsi-ka ì-gál.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. udu-gi
 en: domestic sheep
3. u3 siki ba-la2-bi
 en: and their weighed wool,
4. nig2?-dab5-ba
 en: ...
5. ensi2-ka
 en: of the governor,
6. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
  blank space
1. mu gu-za
 en: year: “Chair.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba udu-gi ù síg ba-lá-bi áb dab5-ba énsi-ka ì-gál.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P204482

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 025434
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 053813
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.25434
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0216-488

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2016-12-12 at 08:43:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:50 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:11 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025434 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204482.
BM 025434 artifact entry (No. P204482). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204482 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025434 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204482 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025434 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204482},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204482},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204482
LB  - CDLI:P204482
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - BM 025434 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204482
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025434 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204482.
BM 025434 artifact entry (No. P204482). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204482 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025434 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204482 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025434 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204482},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204482},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204482
LB  - CDLI:P204482
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - BM 025434 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204482
ER  -
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