BM 012396 (P315481)

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 012396

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Large account of pomegranates and apples, etc., delivered by various men. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Large account of pomegranates and apples, etc., delivered by various men. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315481
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315481

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 012396
Accession Number	1895-12-14, 0008

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	062955
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.12396
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1214-8

References

history: CBT 1, BM 12396

[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 012396 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315481.

BM 012396 artifact entry (No. P315481). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315481 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012396 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315481 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315481},
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 012396 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315481.

BM 012396 artifact entry (No. P315481). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315481 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012396 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315481 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 012396 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315481},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315481
LB  - CDLI:P315481
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - BM 012396 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315481
ER  -