BPOA 02, 1886 (P340539)

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 109137

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. [...] 2(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) [...] sze gur lugal
2. gur 1(gesz2) sila3-ta
3. {d}nin-szubur-an-dul3 engar
4. a-sza3 ki-BAD ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3
5. 2(asz) 1(barig) ur-mes engar
6. a-sza3 gir2-nun
7. GAN2-gu4 lu2-{d}nin-szubur nu-banda3-gu4
8. 1(gesz2) 5(asz) 4(ban2) gur
9. ug3-IL2
10. 3(u) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11. {d}inanna-ka
12. a-sza3 ki-su?
13. 8(asz) 1(barig) ur-sa6-ga
14. a-sza3 gir2-nun
15. GAN2-gu4 lugal-ku3-ga-ni nu-banda3-gu4
16. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) gur
17. lu2-[...]-da
  rest broken
column 2
1. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
2. lu2-sa6-ga-[ni?]
3. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) [...]
4. igi-an-na-ke4-zu
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) gur lu2-nigin6{ki}
6. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) {d}utu-bar-ra
7. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
8. ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
9. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 1(ban2) gur
10. ug3-IL2
11. a-sza3 a-sag-du3-du
12. [...] 1(u) 6(asz) a-tu
13. a-sza3 iri-ni
14. GAN2-gu4 an-na-mu nu-banda3-gu4
15. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
16. ur-gu2-edin-na
17. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gur
18. nig2-u2-rum
19. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
20. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
21. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
  rest broken
column 3
  traces
reverse
column 1
  traces
column 2
1. szunigin 1(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
2. szunigin 5(asz) 5(ban2) gur sze zuh-a u3 sze kar-ra
3. GAN2 szabra
4. szunigin 3(asz) guru7 4(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
column 3
1. sze gesz-e3-a
2. ugula sanga {d}nin-gir2-su
3. ur-{d}lamma
4. ensi2
5. mu {d}szul-gi lugal-e bad3 ma-da mu-du3

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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  • Join Information:
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  • Seal information:

    sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2

  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: BPOA 2, 1886

    [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 109137
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:07 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, 1886 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340539.
BPOA 02, 1886 artifact entry (No. P340539). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340539 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1886 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340539 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1886 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340539},
}

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