BPOA 02, 1881 (P340534)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 109126

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] sze gur lugal
2. [diri] i3-dub geszimmar-du3-a
3. 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
4. diri i3-dub me-luh-ha
5. 1(u) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
6. ur-mes szabra
7. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 diri i3-dub ur-sza3-ku3
8. du11-ga-zi-da
9. 8(asz) 6(disz) sila3 gur
10. diri i3-dub tir-ba-bil2-la
11. 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
12. diri i3-dub sag-ub3{ki}
13. 6(asz)? sila3? gur
14. [...]-ma
15. [...] gur
16. [diri i3]-dub nin-nig2-erim2-e
17. [...] 3(ban2)? gur
18. diri i3-dub igi-gal2
19. 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
20. diri i3-dub sag-du3-a
column 2
1. 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
2. diri i3-dub a2-gul
3. 3(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
4. diri i3-dub nin-a2-zi-da
5. 1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
6. diri i3-dub e2-duru5 {d}nin-sun2
7. 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
8. sze-am3 diri i3-dub nin-a2-zi-da
9. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur ur-{d}en-gal-du-du
10. 1(u) 9(asz) gur
11. diri i3-dub e2-gibil4-le
12. 4(u) 1(asz) 5(ban2) gur
13. diri i3-dub a-sza3 gi-dah-ha
14. 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
column 3
1. diri i3-dub gu2-ab-ba{ki} ni [...]
2. 1(asz) gur
3. diri i3-dub a-sza3 [...]
4. 5(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. diri i3-dub su3-GAN2
6. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
7. ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. 3(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
9. diri i3-dub e2-gibil4-le
10. 2(u) 5(asz) 3(ban2) gur
11. diri i3-dub a-sza3 gi-dah-ha
12. 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
13. diri i3-dub su3-GAN2
14. 3(asz) gur
15. diri i3-[dub nin]-nig2-[erim2]
16. 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
reverse
column 1
1. diri i3-dub a-sza3 e2-[gibil4-le]
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gur
3. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
4. 2(u) 3(ban2) gur
5. diri i3-dub a-sza3 gi-dah-ha u3 a-sza3 ad-da
6. 2(u) 3(ban2) gur
7. ur-{d}lamma
8. 3(u) 3(barig) gur
9. diri i3-dub {gesz}tir-ba-bil2-la
10. 3(u) 3(barig) gur
11. ur-nigar{gar}
12. 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
13. diri sze-am3
14. i3-dub nin-a2-zi-da
15. u3 a-sza3 du6 {gesz}ga#?-tir-ra
16. 1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur
17. sze sze-am3
column 2
1. [...] gur
2. diri i3-dub a-sza3 gir2-nun
3. 1(u) 8(asz) gur
4. diri i3-dub sukkal i3-du8-a
5. 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
6. diri i3-dub a-sza3 da-gi4-a
7. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
8. ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6
9. 1(gesz'u)#? 2(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
10. sza3-bi-ta
11. 4(asz) 2(barig) [...] gur
12. a-sza3 szi-[...]
13. giri3 [...]
14. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
15. diri i3-dub a-sza3 su3 GAN2
16. ur-{d}ba-ba6
17. 1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) [...]
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [diri i3]-dub# tur-ra
3'. [zi]-ga
4'. [...] 5(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) [...] sila3 gur
5'. ugu2-[a ga2]-ga2
6'. diri i3-dub
7'. ugula [...]
8'. [...]-da
9'. [mu] us2-[sa en] {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P340534

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 109126
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 068489
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.109126
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0406-29

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 1881

    [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
2023-01-21 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
2011-07-22 at 15:00:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 20:45:33 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 15:52:42 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 15:31:57 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-26 at 20:27:31 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:06 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 02, 1881 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340534.
BPOA 02, 1881 artifact entry (No. P340534). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340534 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1881 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340534 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1881 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340534},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340534},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1881 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340534.
BPOA 02, 1881 artifact entry (No. P340534). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340534 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1881 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340534 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1881 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340534},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340534},
}


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