BM 025985 (P208248)

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 025985

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Rations for messengers, nu-bànda; SHu-ud-da-a sukkal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Rations for messengers, nu-bànda; SHu-ud-da-a sukkal)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.08.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P208248
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P208248

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 025985
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	054197
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25985
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-1039

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 025985 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208248.

BM 025985 artifact entry (No. P208248). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208248 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025985 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208248 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208248},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025985 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208248.

BM 025985 artifact entry (No. P208248). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208248 (Original work published 2002)

BM 025985 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208248 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025985 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208248},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208248
LB  - CDLI:P208248
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 025985 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208248
ER  -