BM 087977 (P379132)

Administrative tablet 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 087977

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P379132
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P379132

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 087977
Accession Number	1900-10-16, 0487

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	065301
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.87977
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1900-1016-487

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	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 Artifacts

“BM 087977 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P379132.

BM 087977 artifact entry (No. P379132). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379132 (Original work published 2007)

BM 087977 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379132 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379132},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 087977 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P379132.

BM 087977 artifact entry (No. P379132). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P379132 (Original work published 2007)

BM 087977 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P379132 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 087977 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P379132},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P379132},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P379132
LB  - CDLI:P379132
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - BM 087977 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P379132
ER  -