BM 015256 (P316418)

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 015256

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Status of a herd?; tablet salted (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Status of a herd?; tablet salted (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.45.09.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P316418
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P316418

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 015256
Accession Number	1896-04-08, 0451

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	038842
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.15256
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0408-451

References

history: CBT 2, BM 015256 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo Heinrich Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 015256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316418.

BM 015256 artifact entry (No. P316418). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316418 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316418 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 015256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316418.

BM 015256 artifact entry (No. P316418). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316418 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316418 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316418},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316418},
}

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TI  - BM 015256 artifact entry
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