BM 015079 (P316275)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 015079

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of rations in beer, bread and oil (in á-gam containers) issued to 1 carter arrived to Åuåan§ and another carter and 2 royal scribes arrived from Hu-hu-nu-ri§. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (List of rations in beer, bread and oil (in á-gam containers) issued to 1 carter arrived to Åuåan§ and another carter and 2 royal scribes arrived from Hu-hu-nu-ri§. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P316275
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P316275

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 015079
Accession Number	1896-04-08, 0274

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063714
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.15079
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0408-274

References

history: CBT 1, BM 15079

[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 015079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316275.

BM 015079 artifact entry (No. P316275). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316275 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316275 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 015079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316275.

BM 015079 artifact entry (No. P316275). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316275 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316275 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 015079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316275},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316275},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - BM 015079 artifact entry
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