BM 015013 (P316247)

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 015013

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory of sheep, oxen and asses with record of their rations in barley and with the names of the recipients of the grain. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Inventory of sheep, oxen and asses with record of their rations in barley and with the names of the recipients of the grain. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.08.11
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P316247
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P316247

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 015013
Accession Number	1896-04-08, 0208

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063686
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.15013
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0408-208

References

history: CBT 1, BM 15013

[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 015013 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316247.

BM 015013 artifact entry (No. P316247). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316247 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316247 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 015013 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316247.

BM 015013 artifact entry (No. P316247). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316247 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316247 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 015013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316247},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316247},
}

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