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BM 025333 (P202882)

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 025333

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Lú-gu-la to Ur-dIshtaran; seal: Ur-dIshtaran ds d. Na-ba-sha6.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. ki lu2-gu-la-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}isztaran
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}isztaran dub-sar
2. dumu na-ba-sa6

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 (Barley from Lú-gu-la to Ur-dIshtaran; seal: Ur-dIshtaran ds d. Na-ba-sha6.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: CBT 3, ,

[CBT32006] Sigrist, Marcel, Ran Zadok, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2006. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 3. British Museum Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025333
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-10-31 at 13:36:15	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (053726) (053726)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25333) (BM.25333)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-387) (W_1898-0216-387)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004979 (composite) (P457689)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 025333 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202882.

BM 025333 artifact entry (No. P202882). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202882 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025333 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202882 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025333 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202882},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202882},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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TI  - BM 025333 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025333 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202882.

BM 025333 artifact entry (No. P202882). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202882 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025333 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202882 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025333 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202882},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202882},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202882
LB  - CDLI:P202882
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - BM 025333 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202882
ER  -