BPOA 01, 0430 (P339089)

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 106707

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz-[saga]
2. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. 3(disz) sa szum2 a-ha-ni-szu gaba-asz
4. 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga
5. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. 3(disz) sa szum2 puzur4-ma-ma gaba-asz
7. 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
8. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. 3(disz) sa szum2 i7-pa-e3!(EZEN) gaba-asz
10. [3(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
11. [2(disz)] gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. [1(disz) sa] szum2 lu2-kal-la gaba-ta
reverse
1. [3(disz)] sila3 kasz-<<saga>> [2(disz)] sila3 ninda
2. [2(disz)] gin2# i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. [1(disz) sa] szum2 ur-{d}iszkur gaba-ta
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. 1(disz) sa szum2 {d}utu-mu ka-us2-sa2
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. 1(disz) sa szum2 lu2-{d}da-mu gaba-ta
10. szunigin 3(disz) kasz dida du 1(ban2)
11. szunigin 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz
12. szunigin 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 i3
13. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 naga szunigin 1(u) 3(disz)# sa szum2
14. u4 2(u)-kam
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15. iti min-esz3
16. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3

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 1, 430

    [Ozaki2006BPOA1] Tohru, Ozaki, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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  • Museum No.: BM 106707
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.07.20
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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
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:14:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-01-15 at 11:43:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:57:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:51:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:53:33 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 01, 0430 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339089.
BPOA 01, 0430 artifact entry (No. P339089). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339089 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0430 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339089 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0430 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339089},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339089},
}


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