BM 025242 (P204997)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 025242Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Work in the field: 1 bùr a-shà 1 gán-ta ú-sa ídsi-ma-at-dEN.ZU du-ú-sa ab-ba-bù-ra ugula sukkal-mah uru-bar-tab-baki Lugal-itu-da ì-gíd gìr Ur-nìgin sa12-du5 lugal-ka.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2
2. a-sza3 1(iku) GAN2-ta
3. us2-sa i7 si-ma-at-{d}suen
4. du-u2-a
5. ab-ba bu3-ra
6. ugula sukkal-mah
reverse
1. iri masz-tab-ba{ki}
2. lugal-iti-da i3-gid2
3. giri3 ur-nigin3 sa12-du5 lugal-ka
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2
2. a-sza3 1(iku) GAN2-ta
3. us2-sa i7 si-ma-at-{d}suen
4. du-u2-a
5. ab-ba bu3-ra
6. ugula sukkal-mah
reverse
1. iri masz-tab-ba{ki}
2. lugal-iti-da i3-gid2
3. giri3 ur-nigin3 sa12-du5 lugal-ka
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
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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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Work in the field: 1 bùr a-shà 1 gán-ta ú-sa ídsi-ma-at-dEN.ZU du-ú-sa ab-ba-bù-ra ugula sukkal-mah uru-bar-tab-baki Lugal-itu-da ì-gíd gìr Ur-nìgin sa12-du5 lugal-ka.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 025242
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | 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 | 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 | Atf | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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| 2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (053635) (053635)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25242) (BM.25242)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-296) (W_1898-0216-296)
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Cite this Artifact
“BM 025242 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P204997.
BM 025242 artifact entry (No. P204997). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P204997 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025242 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P204997 (Accessed: September 11, 2025).
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