BM 025305 (P205886)

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 025305

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley as food for the erin of the fattener, from Ur-badtibirra to Ur-Ningirsu; seal: Ur-dNin-gír-su ds d. Ur-gishgigir.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
2. sza3-gal erin2 esz3 didli
3. iri nam-su-ta
4. ki ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra-ta
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
reverse
1. dumu ur-{d}nansze
2. mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Barley as food for the erin of the fattener, from Ur-badtibirra to Ur-Ningirsu; seal: Ur-dNin-gír-su ds d. Ur-gishgigir.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 025305
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“BM 025305 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205886.
BM 025305 artifact entry (No. P205886). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205886 (Original work published 2002)
BM 025305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205886 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 025305 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205886},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205886},
}

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