BM 025257 (P204641)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025257

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 nì-ka9-ak shà-sye ì-gál, mu gish.gu-za-ta.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak sza3-s,e
en: accounts of ...
3. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
1. mu {gesz}gu#-[za]-ta
en: from the year: “The chair”
2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na-sze3
en: to the year: “Enmaḫgalanna.”
blank space

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-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak shà-sye ì-gál, mu gish.gu-za-ta.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.04.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P204641
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P204641

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 025257
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	053650
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25257
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-311

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
2016-12-12 at 08:43:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:49	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:42:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		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 025257 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204641.

BM 025257 artifact entry (No. P204641). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204641 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025257 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204641 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204641},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204641
LB  - CDLI:P204641
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BM 025257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204641
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025257 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204641.

BM 025257 artifact entry (No. P204641). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204641 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025257 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204641 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204641},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204641
LB  - CDLI:P204641
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BM 025257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204641
ER  -