BM 025784 (P204801)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025784

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (ú-kur lugal, zah--lisar from SHà-da; kishib Lú-gishgigir d. U2-lu-du, numun a-shà shubur ù gír-nun-shè; seal: Lú-gishgigir d. Ur-sha6-ga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) u2-kur lugal
2. 1(ban2) numun za3-<hi>-li{sar}
3. ki sza3-da-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-{gesz}gigir dumu u2-lu-udu
reverse
1. numun a-sza3 suhur u3 gir2-nun-sze3
2. iti mu-szu-du7
3. mu en-unu6-gal-{d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. lu2-{gesz}gigir
2. dumu ur-sa6-ga

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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (ú-kur lugal, zah--lisar from SHà-da; kishib Lú-gishgigir d. U2-lu-du, numun a-shà shubur ù gír-nun-shè; seal: Lú-gishgigir d. Ur-sha6-ga)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025784
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“BM 025784 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204801.
BM 025784 artifact entry (No. P204801). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204801 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025784 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204801 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025784 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P204801},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P204801},
}

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