BM 015109 (P316291)

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 015109

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory of sheep recording their rations in barley and the names of the herdsmen who received the grain. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Inventory of sheep recording their rations in barley and the names of the herdsmen who received the grain. (CBT 1))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.11, 00.00.01.00
Accounting Period	00.00.11 to 00.00.01.00

Record

CDLI number	P316291
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P316291

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 015109
Accession Number	1896-04-08, 0304

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	063730
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.15109
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0408-304

References

history: CBT 1, BM 15109

[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 015109 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316291.

BM 015109 artifact entry (No. P316291). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316291 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015109 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316291 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 015109 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316291.

BM 015109 artifact entry (No. P316291). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316291 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015109 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316291 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 015109 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316291},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316291},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P316291
LB  - CDLI:P316291
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - BM 015109 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316291
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