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BM 025016 (P205035)

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 025016

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of oxen, cows and donkeys; ugula Ka5-a-mu gu4 dSHul-gi-ra Ur-shu-ga-lam-ma ì-dab5)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
2. siki-ba geme2-usz-bar gir2-su{ki}
3. 1(disz) ma2 4(u) siki-ba geme2-usz-bar nigin6{ki}-sze3
4. iri-sag-rig7{ki}-ta
5. 1(disz) ma2 1(u) kusz ba-a-gar
6. giri3 lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
7. 1(disz) ma2 3(u) lu2 al-dab5-ba ba-a-u3
8. 1(disz) ma2 1(u) pisan im sar-ra ba-gar
reverse
1. 1(disz) ma2 1(u) lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
2. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3 ba-a-u3
3. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi u4 8(disz) ba-zal
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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Account of oxen, cows and donkeys; ugula Ka5-a-mu gu4 dSHul-gi-ra Ur-shu-ga-lam-ma ì-dab5)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025016
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.06.08
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:09	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (053437) (053437)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25016) (BM.25016)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-70) (W_1898-0216-70)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 025016 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205035.

BM 025016 artifact entry (No. P205035). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205035 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205035 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205035},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205035},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P205035
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - BM 025016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205035
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025016 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205035.

BM 025016 artifact entry (No. P205035). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205035 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205035 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205035},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205035},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205035
LB  - CDLI:P205035
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - BM 025016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205035
ER  -