BM 015504 (P316801)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015504

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Dida beer for the new moon (èå-èå u4-sakar); Ilum-ma-á-
  • -ik mar-tu (CBT 2))
  • Language(s)

    Sumerian

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    • Artifact type: Tablet
    • Material: Clay
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    • Genre(s): Administrative (Dida beer for the new moon (èå-èå u4-sakar); Ilum-ma-á-
    • -ik mar-tu (CBT 2))
    • Language(s): Sumerian


    • history: Amorites, p. 36

      [Buccellati1966Amorites] Buccellati, Giorgio. 1966. The Amorites of the Ur III Period. Pubblicazioni Del Seminario Di Semitistica. Ricerche 1. Naples: Istituto Orientale di Napoli.

      (catalogue entry)


    • history: CBT 2, BM 015504 (catalogue)

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

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    • Museum No.: BM 015504
    • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0231

    • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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    Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
    2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
    2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
    2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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    Cite this Artifact

    “BM 015504 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316801.
    BM 015504 artifact entry (No. P316801). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316801 (Original work published 2006)
    BM 015504 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316801 (Accessed: August 17, 2025).
    @misc{2023BM,
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    	year = {2023},
    	month = {aug 19},
    	title = {BM 015504 artifact entry},
    	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316801},
    	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316801},
    }
    
    
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    Cite this Artifact

    “BM 015504 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P316801.
    BM 015504 artifact entry (No. P316801). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316801 (Original work published 2006)
    BM 015504 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316801 (Accessed: August 17, 2025).
    @misc{2023BM,
    	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-17]},
    	year = {2023},
    	month = {aug 19},
    	title = {BM 015504 artifact entry},
    	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316801},
    	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316801},
    }
    
    
    TY  - ELEC
    DA  - 2023/8/19/
    PY  - 2023
    ID  - P316801
    LB  - CDLI:P316801
    M1  - 2025/8/17/
    TI  - BM 015504 artifact entry
    UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316801
    ER  - 
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