BM 022862 (P320097)

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 022862

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of bread rations for sheep (including a dead sheep); two-column tablet; (cf. 22865); months 4-8; kiåib nu-tuk 25 sìla ninda kiåib tuk (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Account of bread rations for sheep (including a dead sheep); two-column tablet; (cf. 22865); months 4-8; kiåib nu-tuk 25 sìla ninda kiåib tuk (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.08.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P320097
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P320097

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 022862
Accession Number	1897-05-11, 0008

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	042911
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.22862
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1897-0511-8

References

history: CBT 2, BM 022862 (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 022862 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320097.

BM 022862 artifact entry (No. P320097). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320097 (Original work published 2006)

BM 022862 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320097 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 022862 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P320097.

BM 022862 artifact entry (No. P320097). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P320097 (Original work published 2006)

BM 022862 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P320097 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 022862 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P320097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P320097},
}

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TI  - BM 022862 artifact entry
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