BPOA 02, 2175 (P340828)

Administrative tag 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 111919

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

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. kiszib3 dab-ba
 en: sealed documents of conveyance,
3. kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
 en: sealed documents, official,
4. [...] nam a-sza3 <a>-pi4-sal4
 en: ... of the fields of Apisal
5. u3 gu2-de3-na
 en: and Gu’edina
reverse
1. u3 musz-bi-an-na
 en: and Mušbiana,
2. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-am3
 en: year: “Amar-Suen is king.”

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P340828

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 111919
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 070772
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.111919
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-1985

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 2175

    [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
2020-06-10 at 19:10:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-09-28 at 07:36:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:18 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:01:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 12:00:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:44:55 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:38 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, 2175 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340828.
BPOA 02, 2175 artifact entry (No. P340828). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340828 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2175 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340828 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340828},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 2175 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340828.
BPOA 02, 2175 artifact entry (No. P340828). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340828 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2175 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340828 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2175 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340828},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340828},
}


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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P340828
M1  - 2026/11/2/
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