BM 025797 (P207044)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025797

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messengers mu Ha-garki-shè)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text Messengers mu Ha-garki-shè)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P207044
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P207044

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 025797
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054065
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25797
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-851

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
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025797 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207044.

BM 025797 artifact entry (No. P207044). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207044 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025797 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207044 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207044},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025797 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207044.

BM 025797 artifact entry (No. P207044). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207044 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025797 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207044 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025797 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207044},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207044},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207044
LB  - CDLI:P207044
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BM 025797 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207044
ER  -