BM 012465 (P315540)

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 012465

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of rations (2 bán each) distributed to about 20 men, most of them described as engar. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Record of rations (2 bán each) distributed to about 20 men, most of them described as engar. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P315540
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315540

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 012465
Accession Number	1895-12-14, 0077

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063011
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.12465
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1214-77

References

history: CBT 1, BM 12465

[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 012465 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315540.

BM 012465 artifact entry (No. P315540). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315540 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012465 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315540 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315540},
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 012465 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315540.

BM 012465 artifact entry (No. P315540). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315540 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012465 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315540 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 012465 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315540},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315540
LB  - CDLI:P315540
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - BM 012465 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315540
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