BM 019222 (P318692)

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 019222

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Bitumen and plaster (esir2 e2-a, a-ba-al si-ga, a-ba-al hur-sag e2-kiszib3-ba ba-an-kux(KWU147) (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Bitumen and plaster (esir2 e2-a, a-ba-al si-ga, a-ba-al hur-sag e2-kiszib3-ba ba-an-kux(KWU147) (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.48.11.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P318692
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P318692

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 019222
Accession Number	1895-10-12, 0200

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	040703
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.19222
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1012-200

References

history: CBT 2, BM 019222 (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
2025-04-16 at 11:53:30	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration, Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.		Dahl, Jacob L.	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	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 019222 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P318692.

BM 019222 artifact entry (No. P318692). (2025, April 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318692 (Original work published 2006)

BM 019222 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318692 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019222 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P318692.

BM 019222 artifact entry (No. P318692). (2025, April 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318692 (Original work published 2006)

BM 019222 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318692 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 16},
	title = {BM 019222 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318692},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318692},
}

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