BM 025978 (P202591)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 025978Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Withdrawal of barley; she kin nin-dingir zi-ga Ur-dGilgames, é-dEn-líl-lá [] si-sá-a)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2# nig2#-lam2# us2
2. ki eresz-dingir
3. zi-ga
4. ur-{d}bil3-ga-mes
reverse
1. iti# ezem {d}szul-gi
blank space
2. mu# e2# {d#}en-lil2-la2-ke4# si sa2-a
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2# nig2#-lam2# us2
2. ki eresz-dingir
3. zi-ga
4. ur-{d}bil3-ga-mes
reverse
1. iti# ezem {d}szul-gi
blank space
2. mu# e2# {d#}en-lil2-la2-ke4# si sa2-a
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Withdrawal of barley; she kin nin-dingir zi-ga Ur-dGilgames, é-dEn-líl-lá [] si-sá-a)
- Language(s): Sumerian
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 025978
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.21.07.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-25 at 12:46:27 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054193) (054193)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25978) (BM.25978)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-1032) (W_1898-0216-1032)
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Cite this Artifacts
“BM 025978 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202591.
BM 025978 artifact entry (No. P202591). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202591 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025978 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202591 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).
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