BM 029728 (P206523)

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 029728

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Payments in silver)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. ur-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5
2'. 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
3'. ur-gu-la i3-dab5
blank space
4'. ugula lu2-nimgir
5'. 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
6'. ur-ga2-nun i3-dab5
7'. 1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
8'. ur-{d}lamma i3-dab5
9'. 4(disz)#? 1/3(disz)#? gin2
10'. [(x)-x] i3-dab5
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2
2. ur-ba-gara2 i3-dab5
3. 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
4. ha-an-ti i3-dab5
5. 1/3(disz) sar
6. lu2-{d}nin-dar-a i3-dab5
7. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
8. ab-ba-AN i3-dab5
blank space
9. ugula# bad3-da-bad3-da
blank space
10. [...]-da# i7 {d}nin-gir2-su
rest broken

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 (Payments in silver)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P206523
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P206523

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 029728
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056577
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29728
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1115-114

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
2021-10-26 at 08:26:04	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	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 029728 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206523.

BM 029728 artifact entry (No. P206523). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029728 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029728 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206523.

BM 029728 artifact entry (No. P206523). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029728 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206523 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 029728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206523},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206523
LB  - CDLI:P206523
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BM 029728 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206523
ER  -