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BM 029728 (P206523)

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 029728

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Payments in silver)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. ur-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5
2'. 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
3'. ur-gu-la i3-dab5
blank space
4'. ugula lu2-nimgir
5'. 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
6'. ur-ga2-nun i3-dab5
7'. 1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
8'. ur-{d}lamma i3-dab5
9'. 4(disz)#? 1/3(disz)#? gin2
10'. [(x)-x] i3-dab5
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2
2. ur-ba-gara2 i3-dab5
3. 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
4. ha-an-ti i3-dab5
5. 1/3(disz) sar
6. lu2-{d}nin-dar-a i3-dab5
7. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
8. ab-ba-AN i3-dab5
blank space
9. ugula# bad3-da-bad3-da
blank space
10. [...]-da# i7 {d}nin-gir2-su
rest broken

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 (Payments in silver)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029728
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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
2021-10-26 at 08:26:04	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

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (056577) (056577)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.29728) (BM.29728)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-1115-114) (W_1898-1115-114)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029728 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206523.

BM 029728 artifact entry (No. P206523). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029728 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P206523
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - BM 029728 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206523
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029728 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206523.

BM 029728 artifact entry (No. P206523). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029728 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206523
LB  - CDLI:P206523
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - BM 029728 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206523
ER  -