BM 025885 (P204870)

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 025885

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Statement about barley given in AS 4 to Lu-Igimashe by Ur-bàd-tibir-ra, su-su-dam)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. mu en-mah-gal
3. 3(barig) ma2 lu2-{gesz}gigir dumu ur-{d}<nu>-musz-da
4. 1(barig) e2-kikken2-ta
5. ki ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra-ta
reverse
1. lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
2. szu ba-ti
3. su-su-dam
4. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

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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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Statement about barley given in AS 4 to Lu-Igimashe by Ur-bàd-tibir-ra, su-su-dam)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


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  • Museum No.: BM 025885
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 025885 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204870.
BM 025885 artifact entry (No. P204870). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204870 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025885 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204870 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 025885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204870},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204870},
}

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