BM 018940 (P318472)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Flour from Ur-Giåbare to Atu; case unopened; seal: A-tu dubsar dumu Lú-∂Nanåe dubsar hé-dab5; Shulgi 46/Amar-Suen 3 (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.46.04.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 001840 (composite) (P454550)	S001840	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P318472
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P318472

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope unopened envelope
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 018940
Accession Number	1895-04-08, 0008

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	040459
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.18940
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-0408-8

References

history: CBT 2, BM 018940 (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 018940 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318472.

BM 018940 artifact entry (No. P318472). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318472 (Original work published 2006)

BM 018940 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318472 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 018940 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318472.

BM 018940 artifact entry (No. P318472). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318472 (Original work published 2006)

BM 018940 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318472 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318472},
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