BM 012394 (P315479)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 012394

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Text very fragmentary, obviously account of goods (specifications not preserved) delivered by various men. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Text very fragmentary, obviously account of goods (specifications not preserved) delivered by various men. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.03.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315479
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315479

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 012394
Accession Number	1895-12-14, 0006

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	062953
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.12394
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1214-6

References

history: CBT 1, BM 12394

[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

catalogue entry

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 07:05:30	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 012394 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315479.

BM 012394 artifact entry (No. P315479). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315479 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012394 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315479 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315479},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 012394 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315479.

BM 012394 artifact entry (No. P315479). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315479 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012394 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315479 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 012394 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315479},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315479
LB  - CDLI:P315479
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - BM 012394 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315479
ER  -