BM 085737 (P381472)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 085737

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Ibbi-Suen.02.11.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P381472
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P381472

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 085737
Accession Number	1899-04-15, 0544

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	078828
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.85737
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1899-0415-544

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085737 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381472.

BM 085737 artifact entry (No. P381472). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381472 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085737 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381472 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381472},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085737 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381472.

BM 085737 artifact entry (No. P381472). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381472 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085737 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381472 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 085737 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381472},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381472},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P381472
LB  - CDLI:P381472
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - BM 085737 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P381472
ER  -