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BM 025326 & BM 025326A (P202788)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025326 & BM 025326A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Dates for Ur from Ur-abba to Lu-Ningirsu, 4 gur sag-bi 0; 1.5; seal: Lú-dNin-gír-su ds d.Ir11-mu dub-sar)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

envelope
obverse
1. 4(asz) zu2-lum gur lugal
2. sag-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2)
3. ki ur-ab-ba dumu ba-zi-ta
4. uri5{ki}-sze3
5. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ARAD2-mu
reverse
1. iti GAN2-masz
2. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-{d}da-gan ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ARAD2-mu

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 & envelope
Material: Clay
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seal association uncertain
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Dates for Ur from Ur-abba to Lu-Ningirsu, 4 gur sag-bi 0; 1.5; seal: Lú-dNin-gír-su ds d.Ir11-mu dub-sar)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025326 & BM 025326A
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.01.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-04 at 15:04:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-12 at 11:19:36	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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 13:36:14	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 (053719) (053719)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25326) (BM.25326)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-380-a) (W_1898-0216-380-a)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003154 (composite) (P455864)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025326 & BM 025326A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202788.

BM 025326 & BM 025326A artifact entry (No. P202788). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202788 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025326 & BM 025326A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202788 (Accessed: February 20, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {BM 025326 & {BM} 025326A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202788},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025326 & BM 025326A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202788.

BM 025326 & BM 025326A artifact entry (No. P202788). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202788 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025326 & BM 025326A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202788 (Accessed: February 20, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {BM 025326 & {BM} 025326A artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202788},
}

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DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P202788
LB  - CDLI:P202788
M1  - 2026/2/20/
TI  - BM 025326 & BM 025326A artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202788
ER  -