EEN 286, BM 016653 (P459227)

Lexical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016653

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P459227
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P459227

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 016653
Accession Number	1892-05-16, 0189

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.16653
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P459227
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P459227
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1892-0516-189

References

primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 286, BM 16653

[Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
history: CBT 2, BM 016653 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo Heinrich 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 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-11-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“EEN 286, BM 016653 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P459227.

EEN 286, BM 016653 artifact entry (No. P459227). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459227 (Original work published 2013)

EEN 286, BM 016653 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459227 (Accessed: November 8, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {EEN 286, {BM} 016653 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P459227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459227},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“EEN 286, BM 016653 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P459227.

EEN 286, BM 016653 artifact entry (No. P459227). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459227 (Original work published 2013)

EEN 286, BM 016653 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459227 (Accessed: November 8, 2026).

@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {EEN 286, {BM} 016653 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P459227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459227},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P459227
LB  - CDLI:P459227
M1  - 2026/11/8/
TI  - EEN 286, BM 016653 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P459227
ER  -