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BM 018266 (P317946)

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 018266

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for the érin (åe érin-e kú-a) transferred from Ur-Enlilla to Ur-GIÍ.gigir in months xi-2 and xii; seal: Ur-GIÍ.gigir dumu É-Anzu (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
seal association uncertain
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for the érin (åe érin-e kú-a) transferred from Ur-Enlilla to Ur-GIÍ.gigir in months xi-2 and xii; seal: Ur-GIÍ.gigir dumu É-Anzu (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: CBT 2, BM 018266 (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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 018266
Accession No.: 1894-10-18, 0016

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.12.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-12 at 11:19:36	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
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
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (039857) (039857)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.18266) (BM.18266)
The British Museum Collection (W_1894-1018-16) (W_1894-1018-16)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005468 (composite) (P458178)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 018266 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317946.

BM 018266 artifact entry (No. P317946). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317946 (Original work published 2006)

BM 018266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317946 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 018266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317946},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317946},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 018266 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317946.

BM 018266 artifact entry (No. P317946). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317946 (Original work published 2006)

BM 018266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317946 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 018266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317946},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317946},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P317946
LB  - CDLI:P317946
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - BM 018266 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P317946
ER  -