BM 014415 (P315967)

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 014415

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, bread and oil for messengers and carters. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, bread and oil for messengers and carters. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.05.17
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315967
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P315967

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 014415
Accession Number	1896-04-06, 0113

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063410
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0406-113

References

history: CBT 1, BM 14415

[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 014415 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315967.

BM 014415 artifact entry (No. P315967). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315967 (Original work published 2006)

BM 014415 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315967 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 014415 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315967.

BM 014415 artifact entry (No. P315967). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315967 (Original work published 2006)

BM 014415 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315967 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 014415 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315967},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315967},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P315967
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - BM 014415 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315967
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