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BPOA 01, 0289 (P206625)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 102121

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley for gurush rations; seal: SHu-ì-lí d. Ba-zi)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 6(asz) 1(barig) gur dumu dab5-ba-me
3. sze szuku ensi2-ka
4. i3-dub lu2-ku3-nun-ta
5. kiszib3 szu-i3-li2
6. iti amar-a-a-si
reverse
1. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szu-i3-li2
2. dumu ba-zi-ge?

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Barley for gurush rations; seal: SHu-ì-lí d. Ba-zi)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 289

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 102121
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.10.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2015-12-17 at 17:13:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2013-06-29 at 14:04:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:35:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:29:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:28	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:37:24	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (057264) (057264)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.102121) (BM.102121)
British Museum Collection (W_1906-0512-42) (W_1906-0512-42)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004187 (composite) (P456897)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0289 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206625.

BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry (No. P206625). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206625 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206625 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206625},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206625},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0289 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206625.

BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry (No. P206625). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206625 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206625 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206625},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206625},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206625
LB  - CDLI:P206625
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0289 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206625
ER  -