BM 025276 (P205950)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025276

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for Inim-Nanshe from Urbadtibirra to Ur-Nanshe; seal: []-dNin-gír-su []-an-na []-ad-[] ki-ág-dNanshe Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lugal-[] ir11-zu.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for Inim-Nanshe from Urbadtibirra to Ur-Nanshe; seal: []-dNin-gír-su []-an-na []-ad-[] ki-ág-dNanshe Ur-dBa-ba6 ds d. Lugal-[] ir11-zu.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: QNAR 1, BM 25276

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

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  • Museum No.: BM 025276
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.04.00
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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
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 025276 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205950.
BM 025276 artifact entry (No. P205950). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205950 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025276 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205950 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025276 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205950},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205950},
}


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