BM 025273 & BM 025273A (P205829)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025273 & BM 025273A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Lama-uruna to Lu-Baba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    seal: Lú-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lugal-uru-da

  • Artifact comments:

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025273 & BM 025273A
  • Accession No.: 1898-02-16, 0327

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-04 at 15:04:55 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003048 (composite) (P455758) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 025273 & BM 025273A Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P205829.
BM 025273 & BM 025273A artifact entry (No. P205829). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205829 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025273 & BM 025273A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205829 (Accessed: June 2, 2025).
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