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BM 085995 (P377877)

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 085995

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

91.0 mm × 66.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 91.0 high × 66.0 wide × 31.0 thick
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Text Information

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

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 085995
Accession No.: 1899-04-17, 0015

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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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (169407) (169407)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.85995) (BM.85995)
British Museum Collection (W_1899-0417-15) (W_1899-0417-15)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085995 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377877.

BM 085995 artifact entry (No. P377877). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377877 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085995 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377877 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 085995 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P377877},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377877},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085995 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377877.

BM 085995 artifact entry (No. P377877). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377877 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085995 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377877 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 085995 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P377877},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377877},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P377877
LB  - CDLI:P377877
M1  - 2026/2/11/
TI  - BM 085995 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P377877
ER  -