BM 028942 (P202496)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 028942

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Written off)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Written off)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
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	P202496 P202497 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P202496

Physical information

disintegrated, now effectively a sample

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope disintegrated, now effectively a sample
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 028942
Accession Number	1898-11-12, 0118

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1112-118

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		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 028942 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P202496.

BM 028942 artifact entry (No. P202496). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202496 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028942 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202496 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {BM 028942 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202496},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202496},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P202496
LB  - CDLI:P202496
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 028942 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202496
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 028942 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P202496.

BM 028942 artifact entry (No. P202496). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202496 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028942 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202496 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2026BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {BM 028942 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202496},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202496},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P202496
LB  - CDLI:P202496
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 028942 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202496
ER  -