BPOA 02, 1997 (P340650)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 111458

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

-

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
  month 12
2. iti bara2-za3-gar
  month 1
3. iti ezem gu4-si-su
  month 2
4. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
  month 3
5. iti szu-numun
  month 4
6. iti NE-NE-gar
  month 5
7. iti kin-{d}inanna
  month 6
reverse
1. iti du6-ku3
  month 7
2. iti apin-du8-a
  month 8
3. iti gan-gan-e3
  month 9
4. iti ab-e3
  month 10v (=ku3-SZIM)
5. [iti] udru{duru5}
  month 11
6. [sza3] nibru#{ki}
 en: (months) in Nippur.

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s):
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: BPOA 2, 1997

    [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 111458
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.12.00, 00.00.01.00, 00.00.02.00, 00.00.03.00, 00.00.04.00, 00.00.05.00, 00.00.06.00, 00.00.07.00, 00.00.08.00, 00.00.09.00, 00.00.10v.00, 00.00.11.00
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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
2015-12-20 at 09:55:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-12-11 at 08:22:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-12-10 at 22:01:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:20 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, 1997 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340650.
BPOA 02, 1997 artifact entry (No. P340650). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340650 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1997 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340650 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1997 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340650},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P340650},
}

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