BM 014840 (P316163)

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 014840

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of cloth delivered in bundles. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Record of cloth delivered in bundles. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.02.00.04
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P316163
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P316163

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 014840
Accession Number	1896-04-08, 0035

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063602
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.14840
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0408-35

References

history: CBT 1, BM 14840

[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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 014840 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316163.

BM 014840 artifact entry (No. P316163). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316163 (Original work published 2006)

BM 014840 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316163 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 014840 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316163.

BM 014840 artifact entry (No. P316163). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316163 (Original work published 2006)

BM 014840 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316163 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 014840 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316163},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316163},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P316163
LB  - CDLI:P316163
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BM 014840 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316163
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