BM 018671 (P318256)

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 018671

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger text, KAL-ad-da NIM, Íar-ru-ì-lí (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text Messenger text, KAL-ad-da NIM, Íar-ru-ì-lí (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.05.05
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P318256
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P318256

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 018671
Accession Number	1895-03-29, 0329

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	040203
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.18671
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-0329-329

References

history: CBT 2, BM 018671 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 018671 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318256.

BM 018671 artifact entry (No. P318256). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318256 (Original work published 2006)

BM 018671 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318256 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 018671 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318256.

BM 018671 artifact entry (No. P318256). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318256 (Original work published 2006)

BM 018671 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318256 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 018671 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318256},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318256},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P318256
M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - BM 018671 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P318256
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