BM 028180 (P208441)

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 028180

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (About barley, tablet eroded; seal illegible)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (About barley, tablet eroded; seal illegible)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.12.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P208441
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P208441

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 028180
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055835
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.28180
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1010-187

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
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 028180 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208441.

BM 028180 artifact entry (No. P208441). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208441 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028180 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208441 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028180 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208441},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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TI  - BM 028180 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 028180 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208441.

BM 028180 artifact entry (No. P208441). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208441 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028180 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208441 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028180 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208441},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208441},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208441
LB  - CDLI:P208441
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - BM 028180 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208441
ER  -