BM 025218 (P206486)

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 025218

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley, she ki-til; ugula Ur-dA-shár.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) mah-babar-ra-asz
2. 1(asz) 4(barig) ur-{d}hal-mu-sza4
3. 2(asz) a-lim-ma
4. ($ blank $) ur-{d}suen
5. 2(asz) ur-e11-e
6. 2(asz) lugal-nesag2-e
reverse
1. szu-nigin2 1(u) 1(asz) gur
2. sze ki-sumun
3. ugula ur-{d}a-szar2

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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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  • Museum No.: BM 025218
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2023-06-15 at 11:17:38 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand 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 13:34:10 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 025218 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206486.
BM 025218 artifact entry (No. P206486). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206486 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025218 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206486 (Accessed: September 13, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025218 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206486},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206486},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206486
LB  - CDLI:P206486
M1  - 2025/9/13/
TI  - BM 025218 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206486
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025218 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206486.
BM 025218 artifact entry (No. P206486). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206486 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025218 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206486 (Accessed: September 13, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025218 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206486},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206486},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206486
LB  - CDLI:P206486
M1  - 2025/9/13/
TI  - BM 025218 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206486
ER  - 
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