BPOA 01, 1780 (P340435)

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 111742

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. 5(gesz'u) sar {u2}har-an bu3-ra 3(u) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u)-kam
3. 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sar {u2}kul zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u)-kam
5. 3(u) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta
6. a2-bi u4 1(u)-kam
reverse
1. a2 lu2 hun-ga2-bi 6(disz) sila3
2. a-sza3 muru13 ugula lugal-nesag-e
3. kiszib3 a-gu-gu
4. iti min-esz3
  some text moved to next line
5. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} u3 ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2 umma{ki}
3. lugal-ezem dub-sar
4. dumu da-da ARAD2-zu
  (following Mayr)

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 005079 (composite) (P457789) S005079 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P340435

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 111742
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 070624
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.111742
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-1808

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 1780

    [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 13:32:21 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
2021-04-20 at 02:11:14 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:58:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:44:13 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:52 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1780 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340435.
BPOA 01, 1780 artifact entry (No. P340435). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340435 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1780 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340435 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1780 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340435},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1780 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340435.
BPOA 01, 1780 artifact entry (No. P340435). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340435 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1780 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340435 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340435},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340435},
}


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