BM 016232 (P317537)

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 016232

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Date only; itu ezen-d.[] (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Date only; itu ezen-d.[] (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.25.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P317537
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P317537

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 016232
Accession Number	1896-06-12, 0452

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	039405
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.16232
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1896-0612-452

References

history: CBT 2, BM 016232 (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 13:32:21	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 016232 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317537.

BM 016232 artifact entry (No. P317537). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317537 (Original work published 2006)

BM 016232 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317537 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 016232 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317537.

BM 016232 artifact entry (No. P317537). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317537 (Original work published 2006)

BM 016232 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317537 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317537},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317537},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BM 016232 artifact entry
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