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BM 028990 (P205896)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 028990

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oil, ì from Ir11-mu to Du-ti-rí; iti ezem-me-ki-gál; seal dedicated to Shulgi; seal illegible)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 i3-[gesz]
2. kiszib3 dab-ba na-silim
3. ki ARAD2-mu-ta
4. du-ti-re2
5. szu ba-an-ti
reverse
1. iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
2. mu en {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita [kal-ga]
3. lugal [...]
4. lugal [...]
column 2
illegible

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Oil, ì from Ir11-mu to Du-ti-rí; iti ezem-me-ki-gál; seal dedicated to Shulgi; seal illegible)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: QNAR 1, BM 28990

[Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 028990
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.12.00 (Reichskalender)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-10-31 at 13:36:14	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (056378)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.28990)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-1112-166)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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“BM 028990 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896.

BM 028990 artifact entry (No. P205896). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028990 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 028990 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - BM 028990 artifact entry
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ER  -

“BM 028990 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896.

BM 028990 artifact entry (No. P205896). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896 (Original work published 2002)

BM 028990 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 028990 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P205896
LB  - CDLI:P205896
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - BM 028990 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P205896
ER  -

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