BM 012778 (P315641)

Administrative tag excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012778

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label from a tablet basket. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan#-dub#-ba#
 en: Basket-of-tablets
2. gurum2#-ak#
 en: inspections
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label from a tablet basket. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315641

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 012778
Accession Number 1895-12-14, 0390

External resources

References

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

    unusable


  • citation: CBT 1, BM 12778

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 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
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:29:49 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-09-29 at 15:50:09 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 012778 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315641.
BM 012778 artifact entry (No. P315641). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315641 (Original work published 2006)
BM 012778 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315641 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BM 012778 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315641},
}

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M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - BM 012778 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 012778 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315641.
BM 012778 artifact entry (No. P315641). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315641 (Original work published 2006)
BM 012778 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315641 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BM 012778 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315641},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315641
LB  - CDLI:P315641
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - BM 012778 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315641
ER  - 
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