BM 025808 (P204646)

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 025808

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 mu-2 she-ba gú-íd.Ninaki--gin ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
en: accounts
3. mu 2(disz)
en: 2 years,
4. sze-ba gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-du
en: barley rations of the bank of the waterway Nigin-du,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
6. mu en-mah-gal-an-na
en: year: “Enmaḫgalana.”

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 mu-2 she-ba gú-íd.Ninaki--gin ì-gál)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P204646
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P204646

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 025808
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054076
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25808
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-862

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 08:16:51	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:42:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		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 025808 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204646.

BM 025808 artifact entry (No. P204646). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025808 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025808 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204646
LB  - CDLI:P204646
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BM 025808 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204646
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025808 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204646.

BM 025808 artifact entry (No. P204646). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025808 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025808 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204646
LB  - CDLI:P204646
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BM 025808 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204646
ER  -