BPOA 01, 0539 (P339196)

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 106817

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu niga u4-sakar-gu-la
2. 1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu u2
3. {gesz}gigir u4 6(disz)
4. 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 bar#-ba# zi-ga
5. {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz)
6. 1(disz) udu u2 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz)
7. sa2-du11 {d}szul-gi-ra
8. 1(disz) udu niga u4-sakar-gu-la
9. 1(disz) udu niga {gesz}gigir u4 6(disz)
10. 1(disz) udu niga {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz)
11. 1(disz) udu u2 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz)
reverse
1. sa2-du11
2. 2(disz) udu niga 3(disz) masz2 niga
3. a2 u4-da u4 3(disz)-kam
4. 2(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
5. 1(disz) udu {d}szara2
6. 1(disz) udu {d}nin-ur4-ra
7. sa2-du11 {gesz}geszbun2
8. {d}amar-{d}suen
  blank space
9. szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) udu niga szunigin 3(disz) masz2 niga
10. szunigin 5(disz) udu u2 szunigin 1(disz) sila4 bar-ba zi-ga
11. ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
12. iti {d}amar-{d}suen
  some text moved to next line
13. mu en eridu{ki} 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
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  • primary: BPOA 1, 539

    [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 106817
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.07.00
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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
2023-01-21 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 09:52:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:57:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:52:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:53:47 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, 0539 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339196.
BPOA 01, 0539 artifact entry (No. P339196). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339196 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0539 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339196 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0539 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339196},
}

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