BM 028284 (P203135)

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 028284

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Two donkeys a-tu5-shè, gu4-apin-dNin-gír-su-ta ugu Ka5-a-mu d. I3-lí-mu-ka gá-gá-dam)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Two donkeys a-tu5-shè, gu4-apin-dNin-gír-su-ta ugu Ka5-a-mu d. I3-lí-mu-ka gá-gá-dam)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.44.05.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P203135
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P203135

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 028284
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	055938
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.28284
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1010-291

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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 028284 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203135.

BM 028284 artifact entry (No. P203135). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203135 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028284 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203135 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203135},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 028284 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203135.

BM 028284 artifact entry (No. P203135). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203135 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028284 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203135 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028284 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203135},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203135},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203135
LB  - CDLI:P203135
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BM 028284 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203135
ER  -