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BM 025785 (P206495)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025785

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of wool; nì-ka9-ak síg gìr Mu-dSHára-shè shà Ninaki)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
4. siki-ba giri3-se3-ga e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
5. 1(asz) gu2 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
6. 6(disz) tug2
7. ug3-IL2 e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10 u3 e2 uru11<{ki}>-me
8. 1(asz) gu2 1(disz) ma-na
reverse
1. lu2 mar-sa-me
2. 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na
3. geme2-usz-bar ka-bar-ra-me
4. 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na ka5-a-mu
5. szu-nigin2 3(asz) gu2 5(u) 2(disz) ma-na
6. szu-nigin2 6(disz) tug2
7. zi-ga
8. 3(asz) gu2 5(u) 4(disz) ma-na
9. nig2 gal2-la
10. nig2-ka9 ak siki
11. giri3 mu-{d}szara2-sze3
12. sza3 nigin6{ki}

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Account of wool; nì-ka9-ak síg gìr Mu-dSHára-shè shà Ninaki)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025785
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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
2022-08-03 at 13:47:04	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2021-10-31 at 13:36:14	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054054) (054054)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25785) (BM.25785)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-839) (W_1898-0216-839)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025785 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206495.

BM 025785 artifact entry (No. P206495). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206495 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025785 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206495 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025785 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206495},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025785 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206495.

BM 025785 artifact entry (No. P206495). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206495 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025785 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206495 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025785 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206495},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206495
LB  - CDLI:P206495
M1  - 2026/4/2/
TI  - BM 025785 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206495
ER  -