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BM 086451 (P377986)

Administrative tablet & envelope dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 086451

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope uninscribed
Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope uninscribed

Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 086451
Accession No.: 1899-10-14, 0072

Provenience

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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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	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 (064162) (064162)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.86451) (BM.86451)
The British Museum Collection (W_1899-1014-72) (W_1899-1014-72)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 086451 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377986.

BM 086451 artifact entry (No. P377986). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377986 (Original work published 2007)

BM 086451 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377986 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377986},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 086451 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P377986.

BM 086451 artifact entry (No. P377986). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P377986 (Original work published 2007)

BM 086451 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P377986 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM 086451 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P377986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P377986},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P377986
LB  - CDLI:P377986
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BM 086451 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P377986
ER  -