BM 028550 (P247772)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 028550

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 6(disz) sila3 {gesz}haszhur#
2'. 1(asz@c) 1/2(disz) [sila3] gesztin
3'. 1(asz@c) sze-er-gu {gesz}pesz3
4'. e2#-muhaldim lugal
5'. 4(disz) sila3 zu2-[lum]
reverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
2. 2(disz) sila3 {gesz}haszhur
3. 2(disz) sila3 giparx(KISAL)
4. 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
5. 1(disz) sila3 lal3
6. n [sze-er]-gu {gesz}pesz3#
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM 028550
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) Provenience Comments:

    was listed as Lagash; corrected R. Firth feedback 20111002

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:24 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2004-08-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 028550 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P247772.
BM 028550 artifact entry (No. P247772). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P247772 (Original work published 2004)
BM 028550 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P247772 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 028550 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P247772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P247772},
}


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