BM 085989 (P512889)

Administrative tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 085989

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Rim-Sin.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P512889
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P512889

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 085989
Accession Number	1899-04-17, 0009

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1899-0417-9

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-11-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085989 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P512889.

BM 085989 artifact entry (No. P512889). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512889 (Original work published 2018)

BM 085989 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512889 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM 085989 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512889},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/25/
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 085989 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P512889.

BM 085989 artifact entry (No. P512889). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512889 (Original work published 2018)

BM 085989 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512889 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM 085989 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512889},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P512889
LB  - CDLI:P512889
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - BM 085989 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512889
ER  -