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BM 085249 (P381225)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 085249

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

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 085249
Accession No.: 1899-04-15, 0056

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.04.28
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	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 (078568) (078568)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.85249) (BM.85249)
British Museum Collection (W_1899-0415-56) (W_1899-0415-56)

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

20111023 englund: 1 nu-banda3 per 60 gurusz as general rule?

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085249 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381225.

BM 085249 artifact entry (No. P381225). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381225 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381225 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

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	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 085249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381225},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381225},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085249 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P381225.

BM 085249 artifact entry (No. P381225). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381225 (Original work published 2007)

BM 085249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381225 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 085249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381225},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381225},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P381225
LB  - CDLI:P381225
M1  - 2026/2/22/
TI  - BM 085249 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P381225
ER  -