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BM 021625 (P319543)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021625

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Fat transferred from Amar-suba to Ur-ab-ba; ì-åáh åáh é-gal-la åe kú-a (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-szah2 sze lugal
2. szah2 e2-gal-la sze gu7-a
3. ki amar-szuba3-ta
reverse
1. ur-ab-ba
2. szu ba-ti
3. giri3 ba-a u3 lu2-im-ti-dam? ra2-gaba
4. iti amar-a-a-si
5. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Fat transferred from Amar-suba to Ur-ab-ba; ì-åáh åáh é-gal-la åe kú-a (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: CBT 2, BM 021625 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021625
Accession No.: 1896-03-30, 0291

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:17	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-07-05 at 14:28:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (042183) (042183)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21625) (BM.21625)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0330-291) (W_1896-0330-291)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021625 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319543.

BM 021625 artifact entry (No. P319543). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319543 (Original work published 2006)

BM 021625 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319543 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021625 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319543},
}

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TI  - BM 021625 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 021625 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P319543.

BM 021625 artifact entry (No. P319543). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P319543 (Original work published 2006)

BM 021625 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P319543 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021625 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P319543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P319543},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P319543
LB  - CDLI:P319543
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - BM 021625 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P319543
ER  -