BCT 2, 232 (P105472)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Museum Number

A.1644_1982

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

Measurements

95.0 mm × 68.0 mm × 29.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] x sze-ba [...]
2'. [...] x sze-ba za3#?-mu
3'. [...] sza3#-gal {ansze}kunga2#
4'. [...] sa2#-du11 {d}inanna#
5'. szunigin 4(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
6'. sze numun# [sza3]-gal ki-su7!-ra# sahar-u2-u2-ta
7'. [n] 1(asz)# 4(barig) gur sa2-du11 {d}[...]
8'. [n] 2(barig) gur sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)
9'. 2(u) 4(barig) gur? sze ur5-ra
blank space
10'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) sze gur
11'. sze ur5-ra e2-duru5 sahar-u2#-u2#
12'. e2 lugal-{gesz}kiri6# x
13'. 2(u) 5(asz) gur a2 lu2# hun-ga2#
14'. 3(asz) [n] 2(barig) gur#? sze ur5-ra#
rest broken
column 2
1. [n] gur mu s,e-la-szu-sze3
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}suen szesz da-a-da-a muhaldim
3. 4(u) 4(asz) gur sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)
4. kiszib3 ha-ba-ba lu2 al-gu7-ra-sze3
5. 2(asz) 1(barig) gur lugal-ku3-zu sukkal
6. 1(asz) gur lugal-ra-ni
7. 1(asz) gur lugal-ku3-zu
8. 1(asz) gur ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
9. 1(asz) gur lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
10. 2(barig) ha-ba-lu5-ge2 gu4?
11. sze zi3 gu2?
so edition
12. 3(asz) 2(barig) gur sze guru7 tul2-du e3-da
13. szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
14. sze ur5-ra e2 a-sza3 sal4-la
15. e2 lugal-ra-ni-ta
16. 2(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) gur sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)
17. 2(u) gur sze zi3 gu2?
so edition
18. 3(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur sze ur5-ra
19. kiszib3 szesz-sa6-[ga]
reverse
column 1
1. [n gur] kiszib3 x-[...] x-ka-me
2. [n] gur# kiszib3 ba-a-ti
3. n 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur kiszib3 a2-nin-ga2-ta
4. 2(asz) 2(barig) x sa2-du11 {d}inanna
5. 1(asz)# 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur# a2 ma2 hun-ga2
6. kiszib3 {d#}szara2-mu-tum2
7. 1(asz) gur sze ur5-ra kiszib3 SZE3-zi
8. 1(asz) gur sze ur5-ra kiszib3 du-du
9. 1(asz) gur kiszib3 lu2-{d}suen engar
10. 2(asz) gur kiszib3 a-ab-ba
11. 1(asz) gur kiszib3 lu2-du10?-ga
edition has du3
12. 1(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-gu4-e
13. 1(barig) 3(ban2) szesz-kal-la ME
14. 1(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-a-ni-sa6 ME
15. 1(barig) lu2-{d}szara2 ugula masz2?
16. 2(barig) lugal#-iti-da dumu ur-e2-an-na
17. ur#-{d}szul-pa-e3
18. [x] ka-tar
19. [x] la#-ba-sa6
20. [x] ur-a-x-da
21. [x] lugal-ezem nu-{gesz}kiri6
column 2
1. [...] 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. [...]-lugal#-ta
3. [n] gur# sa2-du11 {d}inanna
4. [...] al#-ba-ni-du11
5. [n] ziz2#? gur ki-su7-ra gu2-edin-na
blank space
6. [n] 4(u) 7(asz)# 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
7. [n] 1(asz)# ziz2 gur#
8. [...] e2-gal
9. szunigin# 3(gesz2) [n] 8(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
10. sze ur5-ra
11. sze zi-ga iti [x]
12. x ur-[...] e2 [...] x
13. [...] x x
14. [nig2-ka9]-ak [x]
15. [...] x [x]
rest broken

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)

Collections

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 95.0 high × 68.0 wide × 29.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BCT 2, 232

[Watson1993BCT2] Watson, Philip J. 1993. Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in Birmingham City Museum. Vol. 2: Neo-Sumerian Texts from Umma and Other Sites. Warminster: Aris & Phillips.

Withdrawals of grain.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: A.1644_1982
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-07-03 at 11:30:34	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:52:11	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 21:55:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:24:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:51	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (035180) (035180)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“BCT 2, 232 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P105472.

BCT 2, 232 artifact entry (No. P105472). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105472

BCT 2, 232 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105472 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2001BCT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {BCT 2, 232 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105472},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105472},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P105472
LB  - CDLI:P105472
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - BCT 2, 232 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105472
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BCT 2, 232 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P105472.

BCT 2, 232 artifact entry (No. P105472). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105472

BCT 2, 232 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105472 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

@misc{2001BCT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {BCT 2, 232 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105472},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105472},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P105472
LB  - CDLI:P105472
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - BCT 2, 232 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105472
ER  -