BM 028289 (P203954)

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 028289

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Loan of silver; másh-bi 1/5 from Ur-dIgi-ma-shè to Ur-sha6-ga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ku3 ur5-ra masz-bi
3. 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2
4. ki ur-{d}igi-ma-sze3
5. ur-sa6-ga
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi-ta
3. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4-sze3
4. su-su-dam
5. mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Loan of silver; másh-bi 1/5 from Ur-dIgi-ma-shè to Ur-sha6-ga)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.48.03.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P203954
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P203954

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 028289
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055943
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.28289
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1010-296

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
2021-10-25 at 13:57:21	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	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 028289 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203954.

BM 028289 artifact entry (No. P203954). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203954 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203954 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203954},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203954},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 028289 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203954.

BM 028289 artifact entry (No. P203954). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203954 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203954 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203954},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203954},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203954
LB  - CDLI:P203954
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 028289 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203954
ER  -