BM 019546 (P318947)

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 019546

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ration list of women; 3 col. remaining of a 10 col. tablet (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Ration list of women; 3 col. remaining of a 10 col. tablet (CBT 2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P318947
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P318947

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 019546
Accession Number	1895-10-15, 0017

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	041019
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.19546
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1895-1015-17

References

history: CBT 2, BM 019546 (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 13:32:21	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	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019546 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318947.

BM 019546 artifact entry (No. P318947). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318947 (Original work published 2006)

BM 019546 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318947 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 019546 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318947.

BM 019546 artifact entry (No. P318947). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318947 (Original work published 2006)

BM 019546 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318947 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 019546 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318947},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318947},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P318947
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 019546 artifact entry
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