BM 025791 (P205141)

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 025791

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Transfer of silver; ki Nam-mah d. Ur-gishgigir-ta Lú-dNin-shubur d. Lú-dBa-ba6 shu-ba-ti)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 3(disz) sze ku3-babbar
2. ku3 sag tuku
3. 1(disz) ma-na ad-da-mu
4. la2-ia3 su-ga sze
5. ki nam-mah dumu ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
reverse
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6
3. szu ba-ti
4. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da e2-a-na ba-an-ku4

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 (Transfer of silver; ki Nam-mah d. Ur-gishgigir-ta Lú-dNin-shubur d. Lú-dBa-ba6 shu-ba-ti)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.36.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P205141
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P205141

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 025791
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054060
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25791
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-845

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
2023-06-23 at 10:35:42	Lafont, Bertrand	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand		Lafont, Bertrand	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
2021-10-31 at 13:36:15	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025791 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205141.

BM 025791 artifact entry (No. P205141). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205141 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025791 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205141 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025791 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205141},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205141},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P205141
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BM 025791 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025791 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205141.

BM 025791 artifact entry (No. P205141). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205141 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025791 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205141 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025791 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205141},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205141},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205141
LB  - CDLI:P205141
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BM 025791 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205141
ER  -