BPOA 02, 1885 (P340538)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 109136

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u) 5(disz) u8 2(u) 4(disz) udu-gal
2. 3(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
3. 1(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
4. 3(u) 1(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
5. 5(disz) masz2 sag
6. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 2(u) ma-na
7. na-ba-sa6 2(asz) 4(barig)
8. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) u8
9. 3(u) 7(disz) udu-nita2
10. 2(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
11. 4(u) 4(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
  1 line blank
12. masz2 sag
13. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na
14. ur-e2-an-na 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
15. 5(u) la2 1(disz) u8
16. 3(u) udu-gal
17. 3(u) udu-nita2
18. 2(u) la2 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
  1 line blank
19. sila4 nu-ur4
20. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na
column 2
1. ug3-IL2 2(gesz2) 5(disz)
2. 2(u) 3(disz) u8 1(disz) u8 bar-mu2-babbar
3. 3(disz) udu-gal 1(u) udu-nita2
4. 1(u) sila4 ba-ur4
5. 1(u) sila4 nu-ur4
6. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 4(disz) ma-na
7. ur-i7 nigin6{ki}-sze3-du 5(u) 7(disz)
8. u4 1(disz)-kam
9. 3(u) 2(disz) u8 1(u) udu-gal
10. 3(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2
11. 5(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
12. 2(u) la2 2(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
13. siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 5(u) [...] ma-na
14. bi2-du11-i3-sa6 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz)
15. 2(u) 4(disz) u8 8(disz) udu-gal
16. 1(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2
17. 7(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
18. 1(u) 4(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
19. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 5(u) 2(disz) ma-na
20. ha-ba-lu5-ge2 1(gesz2) 7(disz)
21. 2(u) 1(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-gal
reverse
  (rev. mostly illegible))
1. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BPOA 2, 1885

    [Ozaki2006BPOA2] Tohru, Ozaki, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 2. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 109136
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:07 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 02, 1885 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340538.
BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry (No. P340538). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340538 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340538 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340538},
}


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