BM 012789 (P315646)

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 012789

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Issue of grain(?) to various men. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Issue of grain(?) to 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	P315646
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315646

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 012789
Accession Number	1895-12-14, 0401

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063115
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1214-401

References

history: CBT 1, BM 12789

[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	Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 012789 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315646.

BM 012789 artifact entry (No. P315646). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315646 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012789 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315646 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 012789 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315646},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315646
LB  - CDLI:P315646
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - BM 012789 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315646
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 012789 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315646.

BM 012789 artifact entry (No. P315646). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315646 (Original work published 2006)

BM 012789 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315646 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 012789 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315646},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315646
LB  - CDLI:P315646
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - BM 012789 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315646
ER  -