BM 025770 (P203614)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025770

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account, nì-ka9-ak si-ì-tum Al-la dumu Lú-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
4. sze-bi 2(asz) gur
5. a-tu szu ba-ti
6. mu en {d}nanna
7. masz-e i3-pa3
8. mu-kux(DU)
reverse
1. giri3 gu3-de2-a
2. nig2-ka9 ak
3. si-i3-tum
4. al-la dumu lu2-ba
5. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3

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 (Account, nì-ka9-ak si-ì-tum Al-la dumu Lú-ba)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.47.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P203614
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P203614

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 025770
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054040
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25770
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-824

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
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

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025770 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203614.

BM 025770 artifact entry (No. P203614). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203614 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025770 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203614 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025770 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203614},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203614},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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TI  - BM 025770 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025770 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203614.

BM 025770 artifact entry (No. P203614). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203614 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025770 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203614 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025770 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203614},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203614},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203614
LB  - CDLI:P203614
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - BM 025770 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203614
ER  -