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BPOA 01, 0102 (P203402)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098257

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) zu2-lum gur lugal
2. ki ab-ba-mu-ta
3. kiszib3 nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
1. ur-ab-ba
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti munu4-gu7
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ab-ba
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi
4. dub-sar siki-ka

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 102

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 098257
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.05.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-06-29 at 21:51:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:34:41	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:27:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:17	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:33:58	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (056863) (056863)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.98257) (BM.98257)
British Museum Collection (W_1903-1013-188) (W_1903-1013-188)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004343 (composite) (P457053)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0102 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203402.

BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry (No. P203402). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203402 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203402 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203402},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0102 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203402.

BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry (No. P203402). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203402 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203402 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203402},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203402
LB  - CDLI:P203402
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0102 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203402
ER  -