BM 025441 (P203064)

Administrative tag 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 025441

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba dub-gíd-da ì-dub gish-è-a she gú-ídpirig-gim-gin gìr A-hu-a dumu Lú-du10-ga ì-gál.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
en: long-tablets of
3. i3-dub gesz e3-a
en: the silo of treshing,
4. sze gu2 i7 pirig-gin7-du
en: barley of the bank of the waterway Pirig-gindu,
5. giri3 a-hu-a
en: via Aḫu’a,
reverse
1. dumu lu2-du10-ga
en: son of Lu-duga,
2. i3#-gal2
en: are here;
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu#-bu#-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam#-asz ba-hul
en: year: “Simurum Lulubum for the 9th time were destroyed.”

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 (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba dub-gíd-da ì-dub gish-è-a she gú-ídpirig-gim-gin gìr A-hu-a dumu Lú-du10-ga ì-gál.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.44.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P203064
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P203064

Physical information

Artifact type	Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 025441
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	053820
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25441
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-495

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
2016-12-12 at 08:43:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:50	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:11	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025441 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203064.

BM 025441 artifact entry (No. P203064). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203064 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025441 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203064 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025441 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203064},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203064},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - BM 025441 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025441 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203064.

BM 025441 artifact entry (No. P203064). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203064 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025441 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203064 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025441 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203064},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203064},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203064
LB  - CDLI:P203064
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - BM 025441 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203064
ER  -