BM 025816 (P203108)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025816

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for kin-gi4-a, kash-dé-a lugal, from Dada to Ur-Baba; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Si-dù kurushda)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(asz) sze gur kin-gi4-a
2. 2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz de2-a lugal-sze3
3. ki da-da-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu si-du3
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
2. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 9(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu si-du3 kuruszda

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley for kin-gi4-a, kash-dé-a lugal, from Dada to Ur-Baba; seal: Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Si-dù kurushda)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P203108

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 025816
Accession Number

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2021-10-31 at 13:36:14 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025816 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203108.
BM 025816 artifact entry (No. P203108). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203108 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025816 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203108 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025816 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203108},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203108},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203108
LB  - CDLI:P203108
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - BM 025816 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203108
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025816 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203108.
BM 025816 artifact entry (No. P203108). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203108 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025816 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203108 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025816 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203108},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203108},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203108
LB  - CDLI:P203108
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - BM 025816 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203108
ER  - 
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