BM 013191 (P315701)

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 013191

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of agricultural work with areas, gangs of guruå workers, names of their foremen, and their rations. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Record of agricultural work with areas, gangs of guruå workers, names of their foremen, and their rations. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.12.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315701
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315701

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 013191
Accession Number	1896-03-28, 0282

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063163
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0328-282

References

history: CBT 1, BM 13191

[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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 013191 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315701.

BM 013191 artifact entry (No. P315701). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315701 (Original work published 2006)

BM 013191 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315701 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 013191 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315701.

BM 013191 artifact entry (No. P315701). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315701 (Original work published 2006)

BM 013191 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315701 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 013191 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315701},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315701},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315701
LB  - CDLI:P315701
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BM 013191 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315701
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