BM 028155 (P202812)

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 028155

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley fro a siskur, from Gir-Baba-idab to Un-íl the ùnu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze amar-ra-sze3
3. ki giri3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5-ta
4. ug3-IL2 unu3
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
blank space
2. iti mu-szu-du7
3. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4{isz}-da-gan mu us2-sa-a-bi

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 (Barley fro a siskur, from Gir-Baba-idab to Un-íl the ùnu)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.41.09.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202812
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202812

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 028155
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055810
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.28155
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1010-162

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 13:57:21	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 028155 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202812.

BM 028155 artifact entry (No. P202812). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202812 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028155 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202812 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028155 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202812},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202812},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202812
LB  - CDLI:P202812
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - BM 028155 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202812
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 028155 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P202812.

BM 028155 artifact entry (No. P202812). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202812 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028155 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202812 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028155 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202812},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202812},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P202812
LB  - CDLI:P202812
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - BM 028155 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202812
ER  -