BM 028555 (P207347)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 028555

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba dub-gíd-da síg-udu-gukkal en Eriduki-ta é-dSHára Umma.ki-ka ba-dù-shè mu 11-kam ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub-gid2-da
 en: long-tablets,
3. sipa gukkal
 en: shepherds of fat-tailed sheep,
4. en eridu{ki}-ta
 en: from (the year) “The en-(priest) of Eridu”
5. e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka ba-du3-sze3
 en: to (the year) “The house of Šara in Umma was erected”
6. mu 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
 en: year: “xxx.”
7. i3-gal2
 en: are here.

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Basket label: pisan-dub-ba dub-gíd-da síg-udu-gukkal en Eriduki-ta é-dSHára Umma.ki-ka ba-dù-shè mu 11-kam ì-gál)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P207347

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 028555
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 056116
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.28555
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-1012-146

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-09-29 at 12:24:16 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:58 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:36 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 028555 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207347.
BM 028555 artifact entry (No. P207347). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207347 (Original work published 2002)
BM 028555 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207347 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028555 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207347},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207347},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207347
LB  - CDLI:P207347
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BM 028555 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207347
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 028555 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207347.
BM 028555 artifact entry (No. P207347). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207347 (Original work published 2002)
BM 028555 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207347 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028555 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207347},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207347},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207347
LB  - CDLI:P207347
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BM 028555 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207347
ER  -
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