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BM 120005 (P375890)

Administrative tablet 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 120005

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 120005
Accession No.: 1928-07-16, 0005

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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-15 at 10:05:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (165722) (165722)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.120005) (BM.120005)
The British Museum Collection (W_1928-0716-5) (W_1928-0716-5)

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 120005 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P375890.

BM 120005 artifact entry (No. P375890). (2025, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375890 (Original work published 2007)

BM 120005 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375890 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	month = {jun 15},
	title = {BM 120005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375890},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 120005 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P375890.

BM 120005 artifact entry (No. P375890). (2025, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375890 (Original work published 2007)

BM 120005 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375890 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {BM 120005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375890},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P375890
LB  - CDLI:P375890
M1  - 2026/1/16/
TI  - BM 120005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P375890
ER  -