BPOA 01, 0178 (P206133)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 100327

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba igi-gar ak dib-ba érin sag engar é dNin-gis-zi-da ì-gál)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
 en: inspections of who passed by,
3. erin2 sag-apin
 en: (labor-)troops of head-plowmen,
4. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
 en: house of Ningešzida,
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
1. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Šašrum was destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label: pisan-dub-ba igi-gar ak dib-ba érin sag engar é dNin-gis-zi-da ì-gál)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P206133

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 100327
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 056960
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.100327
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1905-0515-287

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 178

    [Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-09 at 10:36:04 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-10-07 at 09:53:48 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:08 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:35:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:28:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:35:44 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0178 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206133.
BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry (No. P206133). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206133 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206133 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206133},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206133},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0178 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206133.
BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry (No. P206133). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206133 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206133 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206133},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206133},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206133
LB  - CDLI:P206133
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0178 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206133
ER  -
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