BM 028744 (P202586)

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 028744

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Hides, leather of special sheep, udu luh-ha, udu ka-sakan, udu gan-PA received by Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) kusz udu luh-ha
2. 3(disz) kusz udu ka-szagan
3. 2(disz) kusz udu GAN-PA
4. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
reverse
1. szu ba-ti#
blank space
2. zi-ga
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu {d}nu-musz-da e2-a-na ba-ku4

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 (Hides, leather of special sheep, udu luh-ha, udu ka-sakan, udu gan-PA received by Ur-dNin-gis-zi-da)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.12.08.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202586
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202586

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
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 028744
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056277
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.28744
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1013-77

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 14:25:18	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
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

Cite this Artifact

“BM 028744 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202586.

BM 028744 artifact entry (No. P202586). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202586 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028744 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202586 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202586},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - BM 028744 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 028744 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202586.

BM 028744 artifact entry (No. P202586). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202586 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028744 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202586 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202586},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202586
LB  - CDLI:P202586
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - BM 028744 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202586
ER  -