BM 028618 (P207359)

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 028618

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley she-gish-è-a; she Ka-lu; a-shà nin-á-zi-da)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Barley she-gish-è-a; she Ka-lu; a-shà nin-á-zi-da)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P207359
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P207359

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 028618
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	056170
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.28618
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1012-209

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

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 028618 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207359.

BM 028618 artifact entry (No. P207359). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207359 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207359 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207359},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 028618 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P207359.

BM 028618 artifact entry (No. P207359). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P207359 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P207359 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028618 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P207359},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P207359},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P207359
LB  - CDLI:P207359
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - BM 028618 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P207359
ER  -