BM 025519 (P205039)

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 025519

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Boats loaden with various items.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 7(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
2. ma2 gu2 nibru{ki}-sze3
3. giri3 ur-{d}nin-sun2
4. 1(disz) ma2 4(u) tug2 tum-ma-al{ki}-sze3 ba-a-gar
5. giri3 a-hu-a
6. 1(disz) ma2 1(u) ur-{d}[x] ba-a-gar
reverse
1. giri3 lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
2. 1(disz) ma2 1(u) gur dusu {gesz}nu-ur2-ma ba-a-gar
3. ki sukkal-mah-sze3
4. 1(disz) ma2 3(u) gur sze sza3-gal ansze kunga2 sukkal-mah ba-a-gar
5. nibru{ki}-sze3
6. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
7. 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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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025519
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.07.15
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2021-10-31 at 13:36:15 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 025519 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205039.
BM 025519 artifact entry (No. P205039). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205039 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025519 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205039 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025519 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205039},
}


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