BPOA 02, 2473 (P341129)

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 112233

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. 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. e2 {d}amar-{d}suen-<<ke4>>-ka gub-ba
3. ugula {d}szara2-za-me
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
3. mu sza-asz-szu2-ru{ki} a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}amar-{d}suen
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu
  (accoring to 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 005907.5 (composite) (P534130) S005907.5 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P341129

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 112233
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 071086
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.112233
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-2299

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 2473

    [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
2025-07-06 at 09:19:03 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-07-06 at 09:15:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2022-04-10 at 09:09:08 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:57:02 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:02:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 12:02:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:45:24 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:57:08 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, 2473 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P341129.
BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry (No. P341129). (2025, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P341129 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P341129 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P341129},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 2473 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P341129.
BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry (No. P341129). (2025, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P341129 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P341129 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	title = {BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P341129},
}


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