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BM 025298 (P205815)

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 025298

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Delivery of barley and emmer from Abbakalla.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) sze gur
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dub-sar ansze
3. 2(u) 1(asz) gur sze-ba usz-bar
4. kiszib3 lugal-u2-szim-e
5. ($ blank space $) 8(gesz2) 8(asz) gur
6. ki lugal-a-ma-ru-ta
7. 2(u) 2(asz) sze gur
8. 1(u) ziz2 gur
reverse
1. kiszib3 ARAD2-{d}nansze
2. 4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 e2-szabra
4. ($ blank space $) 3(u) 6(asz) 4(ban2) gur
5. ki ab-ba-kal-la dumu ur-sukkal-ta
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal

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 (Delivery of barley and emmer from Abbakalla.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 025298
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
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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
2021-10-31 at 13:34:10	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		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 (053692) (053692)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25298) (BM.25298)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-352) (W_1898-0216-352)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025298 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205815.

BM 025298 artifact entry (No. P205815). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205815 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025298 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205815 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025298 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205815},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205815},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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TI  - BM 025298 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025298 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205815.

BM 025298 artifact entry (No. P205815). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205815 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025298 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205815 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025298 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205815},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205815},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205815
LB  - CDLI:P205815
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - BM 025298 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P205815
ER  -