BM 025503 (P204484)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025503

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 gúrum-ak dab-ba é-dingir-re-ne shà Gír-suki ì-gál.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
 en: inspections of who passed by,
3. e2-dingir-re-ne
 en: of the houses of the gods
4. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
 en: in Girsu,
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
  blank space
1. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned.”

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba gúrum-ak dab-ba é-dingir-re-ne shà Gír-suki ì-gál.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025503
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period:

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
2021-10-09 at 10:34:53 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2021-10-07 at 09:51:55 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 15:50:10 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025503 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204484.
BM 025503 artifact entry (No. P204484). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204484 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025503 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204484 (Accessed: November 13, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025503 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204484},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204484
LB  - CDLI:P204484
M1  - 2025/11/13/
TI  - BM 025503 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204484
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025503 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204484.
BM 025503 artifact entry (No. P204484). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204484 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025503 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204484 (Accessed: November 13, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025503 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204484},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204484
LB  - CDLI:P204484
M1  - 2025/11/13/
TI  - BM 025503 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204484
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.