BPOA 02, 1909 (P340562)

Administrative tag 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 109400

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2 zi-zi
 en: things for credits,
3. bala 2(disz)?-kam
 en: 2nd bala,
4. i3-dub
 en: silos,
  rest broken
reverse
1. mu kar2-har{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)#?-kam-asz ba-hul
 en: year: “Karhar for the 3rd time was destroyed,”
2. u3
 en: and
  text moved to next line
3. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-sza-an-na ba-an-tuku
 en: year: “The princess to the governor of Anšan was married.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.30.00.00 to Šulgi.33.00.00 ?

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P340562

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 109400
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 068662
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.109400
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0406-303

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 1909

    [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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:17 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:10 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, 1909 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340562.
BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry (No. P340562). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340562 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340562 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340562},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1909 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340562.
BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry (No. P340562). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340562 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340562 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340562},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340562
LB  - CDLI:P340562
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340562
ER  -
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