BM 087804 (P378980)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 087804

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P378980
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P378980

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 087804
Accession Number	1900-10-16, 0314

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	065152
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.87804
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1900-1016-314

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	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

Cite this Artifact

“BM 087804 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P378980.

BM 087804 artifact entry (No. P378980). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378980 (Original work published 2007)

BM 087804 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378980 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 087804 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378980},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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LB  - CDLI:P378980
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TI  - BM 087804 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 087804 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P378980.

BM 087804 artifact entry (No. P378980). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P378980 (Original work published 2007)

BM 087804 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P378980 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 087804 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P378980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P378980},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P378980
LB  - CDLI:P378980
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - BM 087804 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P378980
ER  -