BM 013469 (P315805)

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 013469

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Issue of beer and bread to carter and of fodder for dogs. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Issue of beer and bread to carter and of fodder for dogs. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.11.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P315805
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315805

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 013469
Accession Number	1896-03-28, 0560

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063268
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0328-560

References

history: CBT 1, BM 13469

[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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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 013469 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315805.

BM 013469 artifact entry (No. P315805). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315805 (Original work published 2006)

BM 013469 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315805 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 013469 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315805.

BM 013469 artifact entry (No. P315805). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315805 (Original work published 2006)

BM 013469 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315805 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM 013469 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315805},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P315805
LB  - CDLI:P315805
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BM 013469 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315805
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