BPOA 02, 2587 (P208955)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 105436

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dingir-ga2
2. [1(disz) u2-sze3]-he2-du dumu-ni
3. la2-ia3 su-ga 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-sze3
4. [... ...] ugula
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 dumu szesz-kal-la
  1 line blank
2. iti min-esz3-ta u4 1(u) ba-ra-zal
3. mu en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu szesz-kal-la

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005357 (composite) (P458067) S005357 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.03.00.00, Šū-Suen.06.07.00 (us2 year)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P208955

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105436
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 057535
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105436
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-268

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 2587

    [Ozaki2006BPOA2] Ozaki, Tohru, 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2011-07-22 at 14:36:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:32:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:40:14 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:41:29 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2587 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208955.
BPOA 02, 2587 artifact entry (No. P208955). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208955 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2587 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208955 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208955},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2587 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208955.
BPOA 02, 2587 artifact entry (No. P208955). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208955 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2587 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208955 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2587 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208955},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208955},
}


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PY  - 2023
ID  - P208955
LB  - CDLI:P208955
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2587 artifact entry
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