Administrative tablet & envelope 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, UKMuseum Number
BM 025270 & BM 025270APeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (shim-ì for the gods, from A-gi4 to Lu-Ningirsu; seal: Lú-dNin-gír-su ds d. Ir11-mu.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Administrative (shim-ì for the gods, from A-gi4 to Lu-Ningirsu; seal: Lú-dNin-gír-su ds d. Ir11-mu.) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Amar-Suen.04.00.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 003154 (composite) (P455864) | S003154 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P204619 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P204619 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 025270 & BM 025270A |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 053662 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.25270 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1898-0216-324-a |
history: CBT 3, ,
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-03-04 at 15:04:55 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-10-31 at 13:34:10 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2025BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
year = {2025},
month = {mar 4},
title = {BM 025270 & {BM} 025270A artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P204619},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204619},
}
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