BM 014378 (P315941)

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 014378

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 and other officials. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P315941
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P315941

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 014378
Accession Number	1896-04-06, 0076

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063384
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0406-76

References

history: CBT 1, BM 14378

[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 014378 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315941.

BM 014378 artifact entry (No. P315941). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315941 (Original work published 2006)

BM 014378 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315941 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 014378 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315941.

BM 014378 artifact entry (No. P315941). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315941 (Original work published 2006)

BM 014378 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315941 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	month = {sep 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315941},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315941},
}

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