BM 013347 (P315733)

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 013347

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 flour for messengers. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text List of rations in flour for messengers. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.07.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315733
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315733

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 013347
Accession Number	1896-03-28, 0438

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063196
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0328-438

References

history: CBT 1, BM 13347

[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 013347 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315733.

BM 013347 artifact entry (No. P315733). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315733 (Original work published 2006)

BM 013347 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315733 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 013347 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315733.

BM 013347 artifact entry (No. P315733). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315733 (Original work published 2006)

BM 013347 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315733 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 013347 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315733},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315733},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P315733
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BM 013347 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315733
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