BM 025387 (P203843)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025387

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 mu-2 she-ba gú íd-Ninaki--gin ì-gál.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. mu didli sze-ba
 en: various years, barley rations
3. gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-du
 en: of the bank of the waterway Nigindu,
4. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
  blank space
1. mu ha-ar-szi ba-hul
 en: year: “Ḫarši was 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)

  • Artifact type: Tag
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan dub-ba mu-2 she-ba gú íd-Ninaki--gin ì-gál.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

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  • Museum No.: BM 025387
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2021-10-25 at 07:24:48 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:43:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:50 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:11 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 025387 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203843.
BM 025387 artifact entry (No. P203843). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203843 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025387 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203843 (Accessed: November 26, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025387 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203843},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203843
LB  - CDLI:P203843
M1  - 2025/11/26/
TI  - BM 025387 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203843
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025387 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203843.
BM 025387 artifact entry (No. P203843). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203843 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025387 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203843 (Accessed: November 26, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025387 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203843},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203843
LB  - CDLI:P203843
M1  - 2025/11/26/
TI  - BM 025387 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203843
ER  -
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