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BM 025808 (P204646)

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 025808

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 nì-ka9-ak mu-2 she-ba gú-íd.Ninaki--gin ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
en: accounts
3. mu 2(disz)
en: 2 years,
4. sze-ba gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-du
en: barley rations of the bank of the waterway Nigin-du,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
6. mu en-mah-gal-an-na
en: year: “Enmaḫgalana.”

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba nì-ka9-ak mu-2 she-ba gú-íd.Ninaki--gin ì-gál)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025808
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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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
2016-12-12 at 08:43:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:51	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:42:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		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

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (054076) (054076)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25808) (BM.25808)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-862) (W_1898-0216-862)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025808 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204646.

BM 025808 artifact entry (No. P204646). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025808 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025808 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204646
LB  - CDLI:P204646
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - BM 025808 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204646
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025808 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204646.

BM 025808 artifact entry (No. P204646). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025808 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204646 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025808 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204646},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204646
LB  - CDLI:P204646
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - BM 025808 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P204646
ER  -