BM 012530 (P315583)

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 012530

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, flour and oil (partly in á-gam containers) for 8 couriers and some other officials. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, flour and oil (partly in á-gam containers) for 8 couriers and some other officials. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.10.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315583
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315583

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 012530
Accession Number	1895-12-14, 0142

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063052
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.12530
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1214-142

References

history: CBT 1, BM 12530

[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 012530 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315583.

BM 012530 artifact entry (No. P315583). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315583 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012530 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315583 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315583},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 012530 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315583.

BM 012530 artifact entry (No. P315583). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315583 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012530 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315583 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 012530 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315583},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315583},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315583
LB  - CDLI:P315583
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BM 012530 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315583
ER  -