BPOA 01, 0786 (P339442)

Legal tablet 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 107073

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) KWU896-kal
2. 1(disz) lugal-sza3-la2
3. 1(disz) sza3-ki-bi
4. 1(disz) a2-dingir-ga2
5. e2 {d}nanna
6. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6
7. 1(disz) i-KU-bi2-szu
8. 1(disz) s,i-{d}iszkur
reverse
1. 1(disz) a-tu
2. 1(disz) ma-an-szum2
3. 1(disz) lu2-sag-ub3{ki}
4. ARAD2 {d}nin-lil2-le-ma-ag2-me
5. ugula nig2-si-sa2-e
6. a-hu-a sa-gaz-mu ba-ak bi2-du11
7. sa-gaz-ak-asz la-ba-gi-in
8. iti 1(disz) u4 5(disz)-am3 en-nun-ga2-sze3 ba-a-dab5

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P339442

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 107073
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 058476
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.107073
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-1905

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 786

    [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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-11-10 at 16:12:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-11-08 at 16:38:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:57:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:54:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:54:18 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0786 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339442.
BPOA 01, 0786 artifact entry (No. P339442). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339442 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0786 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339442 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0786 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339442},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339442},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0786 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339442.
BPOA 01, 0786 artifact entry (No. P339442). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339442 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0786 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339442 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339442},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339442},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P339442
LB  - CDLI:P339442
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0786 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P339442
ER  -
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