BPOA 01, 0589 (P339245)

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 106867

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(asz) sze-ba za3-mu gur
2. ur-{u2}|ZI&ZI|-sze3#? gudu4#?
3. 1(asz) gur ur-{d}iszkur
4. 4(barig) ur-{gesz}gigir simug
5. ki ur-saga ugula
6. 2(barig) lugal-nig2-lagar-e ma2-lah5
7. 1(barig) lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|) ad-kup4
8. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur a-ab-ba-mu szitim#?
9. 2(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-ezem ARAD2 gi-na ma2-lah5
reverse
1. 1(asz) gur a2-ni-ta ga2#?-zi-gum2
2. 4(asz) gur lu2-{d}suen U# sze#? ki#?
3. 4(barig) igi-{d}szara2-sze3
4. 4(barig) ur-ab-ba
5. 4(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
6. 4(barig) u2-li
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7. szunigin 1(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
8. sze-ba za3-mu didli
9. iti dal
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10. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

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, 589

    [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 106867
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.05.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 14:57:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:52:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:53:55 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, 0589 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339245.
BPOA 01, 0589 artifact entry (No. P339245). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339245 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0589 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339245 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0589 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339245},
}

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