BM 012589 (P315624)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 012589Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, bread and oil (in á-gam containers) for 4 couriers. (CBT 1))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm):
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text List of rations in beer, bread and oil (in á-gam containers) for 4 couriers. (CBT 1))
- Language(s): Sumerian
-
history: CBT 1, BM 12589
[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.catalogue entry
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 012589
- Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0201
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.10.00
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
 |
| 2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
|
| 2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
|
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (063093) (063093)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12589) (BM.12589)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-201) (W_1895-1214-201)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-13]},
year = {2023},
month = {oct 28},
title = {BM 012589 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P315624},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315624},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/10/28/ PY - 2023 ID - P315624 LB - CDLI:P315624 M1 - 2025/9/13/ TI - BM 012589 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P315624 ER -