BPOA 02, 2547 (P208998)

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 105352

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz)#? sar sahar
2. i7-pa-e3 nu-banda3-gu4
3. 1(gesz2) sar ab-ba-saga
4. 1(gesz2) sar 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 [ur]-mes
5. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sar 5(disz) [gin2]
6. lugal-nesag-e
7. 1(gesz2) 3(u) sar ab-ba-[...]
8. 2(u) sar ur-{gesz}[gigir]
9. 2(u) sar ur-am3-[ma]
10. 1(gesz2) sar szesz-kal-la
11. 1(gesz2) sar lugal-iti-da
12. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) sar 6(disz) gin2 ba-sa6
13. 1(gesz2) sar 1(u) gin2 lugal-e2-mah-e
14. 3(u) sar ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3-gu4
15. 1(gesz2) sar ur-mes
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) 9(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
2. lugal-ku3-zu
3. 1(gesz2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 6(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
4. ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab
5. 2(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 8(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2
6. ur-lugal
7. 2(u) sar 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 nimgir-an-ne2
8. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 1/2(disz) sar 4(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2
9. kin sahar-ra a2 lu2 hun-ga2
10. a2 6(disz) sila3-ta
11. i7 {d}szara2-gu2-gal-e szu-luh ak
12. da-da-ga u3 gu-u2-gu-a ib2-gid2
13. kiszib3 da-da-ga
  RM: writes ib2-gid2 in this line
14. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
left
1. i7 en-du8-du
seal 1
1. da-da-ga
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3

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
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  • primary: BPOA 2, 2547

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 105352
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-06-21 at 12:40:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:37:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:40:19 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-08 at 20:34:30 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:41:51 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002124.2 (composite) (P533370) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 02, 2547 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208998.
BPOA 02, 2547 artifact entry (No. P208998). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208998 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2547 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208998 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2547 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208998},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P208998},
}


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