BM 016127 (P317452)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 016127

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Oil received by Lú-∂Nin-åubur from Ur-ab-ba, controller Lú-∂Ig-alim; seal: Lú-∂Nin-åubur dubsar dumu Lú-∂Ba-ba6 (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Oil received by Lú-∂Nin-åubur from Ur-ab-ba, controller Lú-∂Ig-alim; seal: Lú-∂Nin-åubur dubsar dumu Lú-∂Ba-ba6 (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.07.00.00
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003198 (composite) (P455908)	S003198	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

20140816 firth: contents & seal listed in CatBM 2, appears under BM 016267 in CDLI

CDLI number	P317452
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P317452

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 016127
Accession Number	1896-06-12, 0347

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	039338
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.16127
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0612-347

References

history: CBT 2, BM 016127 (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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	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	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 016127 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317452.

BM 016127 artifact entry (No. P317452). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317452 (Original work published 2006)

BM 016127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317452 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317452},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 016127 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317452.

BM 016127 artifact entry (No. P317452). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317452 (Original work published 2006)

BM 016127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317452 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 016127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317452},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317452},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P317452
LB  - CDLI:P317452
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BM 016127 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317452
ER  -